走马观花

zǒu mǎ guān huā

a hurried, surface look

Character by character

走zǒu
ride

马mǎ
horse

观guān
view

花huā
flowers

时间太紧，我们只能走马观花地看一看。

We're short on time, so we can only take a quick look around.

Tone: neutral.

From Meng Jiao's poem on passing the exam (一日看尽长安花); now for a superficial look.

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