yīn​xiǎo​jiàn​dà

to see the big picture from small things

  • created reference approved 因小见大/因小見大 → 见微知著/見微知著 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    因小见大 / 因小見大 yīn​xiǎo​jiàn​dà

    见微知著 / 見微知著 jiàn​wēi​zhī​zhù

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  • created reference approved 因小见大/因小見大 → 一叶知秋/一葉知秋 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    因小见大 / 因小見大 yīn​xiǎo​jiàn​dà

    一叶知秋 / 一葉知秋 yī​yè​zhī​qiū

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  • created reference approved 因小见大/因小見大 → 尝鼎一脔/嚐鼎一臠 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    因小见大 / 因小見大 yīn​xiǎo​jiàn​dà

    尝鼎一脔 / 嚐鼎一臠 cháng​dǐng​yī​luán

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  • created sense approved 因小见大/因小見大 · yīn​xiǎo​jiàn​dà · to see the big picture from small things — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    因小见大 / 因小見大

    yīn​xiǎo​jiàn​dà

    to see the big picture from small things

    To see the big picture from small details; to see how a small matter reflects a larger issue or trend.

    因 (literal) → 因 · yīn · on the basis of 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big

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

    created sense