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嚐鼎一臠
cháng​dǐng​yī​luán

judge the whole from a part

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尝鼎一脔 嚐鼎一臠 cháng​dǐng​yī​luán
judge the whole from a part
to taste a single piece of meat from a cauldron and know the flavor of the whole dish; to infer the general situation from a small sample

Frequency

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0.002 per million

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Synonym

  • 因小见大 yīn​xiǎo​jiàn​dà

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