Increased present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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- Definition

Increased amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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- Definition

Lease commencement date.

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- Definition

Date which lease or group of leases is set to expire, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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- Definition

Weighted average discount rate for operating lease calculated at point in time.

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- Definition

Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Leases - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2023	Jan. 31, 2022	Jan. 31, 2021
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Increase to operating lease liabilities	$ 0.8	$ 4.4
Increase to operating lease ROU assets	0.8	4.4
Operating lease expense	$ 3.7	$ 3.5	$ 3.0
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases	2 years 7 months 9 days
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases	3.58%
Shanghai [Member] \| Extended Office Lease [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date		Dec. 01, 2021
Expiration date		Nov. 30, 2024
Lease term		3 years
Shanghai [Member] \| Additional Office Space [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date		Aug. 01, 2021
Expiration date		Nov. 30, 2024
Lease term		40 months
Shenzhen and Santa Clara [Member] \| Extended Office Lease [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date	Oct. 01, 2022
Expiration date	Sep. 30, 2024
Lease term	2 years
Hong Kong [Member] \| Extended Office Lease [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date		Dec. 01, 2021
Expiration date		Nov. 30, 2026
Lease term		5 years