If you have viewed my previous post, you will know that I promised to add more Chinese idioms so here goes. Unfortunately, I'm a bit busy and so can only do a one or two on each post, but at least that will give you time to absorb them.
走馬看花 zou3 ma3 kan4 hua1
This means a superficial look, a quick survey (literally to ride a horse to look at flowers).
A short note on pronunciation - if there are consecutive third tones, the first is usually pronounced in the second tone. You will notice I use tone numbers instead of the proper tone marks - this is because I haven't worked out how to input the marks.
見鬼怕黑 jian4 gui3 pa4 hei1
Basically, this means once bitten, twice shy (literally see a ghost then you're afraid of the dark)
Stay tuned for the next post.
Hey so when are you going to add a new post? It's interesting you know!
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