Tā zuò zài chuán shàng, kàn zhe bōguāng-línlín de hǎimiàn fādāi.
She sat on the boat, gazing absently at the shimmering surface of the sea.
Tips
memory
粼粼 = the rice-radical 米 doubled, so visualize tiny grains of light scattering across water. The reduplication mimics the flicker of countless reflections.
usage
Almost exclusively for water (湖, 海, 河面). Often appears as an attributive: 波光粼粼的湖面 / 海面.
