浮光掠影 — Chinese idiom
浮光掠影
fú guāng lüè yǐng
Meaning
- flickering light and passing shadows
- blurred scenery
- cursory
- superficial
Character by character
- 浮fúto drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; r
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 掠lüèto pillage, to ransack
- 影yǐngshadow; image, reflection; photograph
Idioms sharing a character
- 人浮于事 rén fú yú shì
- 浮出水面 fú chū shuǐ miàn
- 浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái
- 浮云朝露 fú yún zhāo lù
- 轻浪浮薄 qīng làng fú bó
- 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
- 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò
- 光耀门楣 guāng yào mén méi
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