look right and left

look right and left

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ǒ g ù y ò UMI ǎ n, which means to look left, right and close. It's from Song Hongmai's Yi Jian Ding Zhi luxury newspaper.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attribute, or adverbial; used in writing

The origin of Idioms

Hong Mai of Song Dynasty wrote in the luxury newspaper of Yi Jian Ding Zhi: "I believe in Yi Zhai, I like its clothes, I look left and right, I call the craftsman to cure the small irregularity."

Idiom explanation

Look left, look right. Take a closer look.