cháng​dǐng​yī​luán

judge the whole from a part

Senses

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

References

synonym 因小见大/因小見大 尝鼎一脔/嚐鼎一臠