嘗鼎一臠
cháng​dǐng​yī​luán

to judge the whole from a part

  • created sense approved 尝鼎一脔/嚐鼎一臠 · cháng​dǐng​yī​luán · judge the whole from a part — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    尝 (literal) → 尝/嘗 · cháng · to taste 鼎 (literal) → 鼎 · dǐng · cauldron 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 脔 (literal) → 脔/臠 · luán · piece of meat

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 尝鼎一脔/嘗鼎一臠 · cháng​dǐng​yī​luán · to judge the whole from a part — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尝鼎一脔 / 嘗鼎一臠

    cháng​dǐng​yī​luán

    to judge the whole from a part

    to know the flavor of a whole pot of food by tasting a single piece of meat; metaphorically, to be able to judge the whole by examining a small part or sample

    cháng​dǐng​yì​luán

    尝 (literal) → 尝/嘗 · cháng · to taste 鼎 (literal) → 鼎 · dǐng · cauldron 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 脔 (literal) → 脔/臠 · luán · piece of meat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense