Ju-ma-gan-san

走

달릴 주

馬

말 마

看

볼 간

山

메 산

Character by character

Meaning

Viewing the hills from a galloping horse — a glance, not a look.

Origin

Traced to a line by the Tang poet Meng Jiao.

How it is used

Used for skimming a report, or rushing a trip without really seeing it.

Hanja走馬看山

Simplified走马看山

Korean reading주마간산

Pinyinzǒu mǎ kàn shān

Frequently asked questions

Q. What does Ju-ma-gan-san mean?

走馬看山 · Viewing the hills from a galloping horse — a glance, not a look.

Q. Where does Ju-ma-gan-san come from?

Traced to a line by the Tang poet Meng Jiao.

Q. How is Ju-ma-gan-san used?

Used for skimming a report, or rushing a trip without really seeing it.

Idioms in the same group

四面楚歌 Sa-myeon-cho-gaChu songs on all four sides — surrounded with nowhere to turn.進退兩難 Jin-toe-yang-nanHard to advance and hard to retreat.累卵之危 Nu-ran-ji-wiAs precarious as a stack of eggs.風前燈火 Pung-jeon-deung-hwaA lamp flame before the wind — an extremely precarious state.五里霧中 O-ri-mu-jungInside a fog five li deep — completely unable to make sense of things.雪上加霜 Seol-sang-ga-sangFrost on top of snow — one misfortune stacked on another.

The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.