走馬看花 in Chinese

IPA: /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: zǒumǎkànhuā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zǒumǎkànhuā [Phonetic:zóumǎkànhuā] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zǒumǎkànhua [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsou³-ma³-kʻan⁴-hua¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dzǒu-mǎ-kàn-hwā [Mandarin, Yale], tzooumaakannhua [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзоумаканьхуа [Mandarin, Palladius], czoumakanʹxua [Mandarin, Palladius] Forms: 走马看花 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 走馬看花

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"走馬看花" meaning in Chinese

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