走馬看花

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	horse; surname	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (走馬看花)		走	馬	看	花
simp. (走马看花)		走	马	看	花
Literally: “taking a ride on a horse while looking at the flowers”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒumǎkànhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒumǎkànhuā [Phonetic: zóumǎkànhuā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒumǎkànhua
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-ma³-kʻan⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: dzǒu-mǎ-kàn-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooumaakannhua
    • Palladius: цзоумаканьхуа (czoumakanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

Idiom

走馬看花

1. A feeling of elation when one's ambition is fulfilled or while traveling
2. to look roughly and hastily, without being able to get a good look at things