威凤一羽
wēi​fèng​yī​yǔ

a glimpse that reveals the whole

  • created reference approved 威凤一羽/威鳳一羽 → 略见一斑/略見一斑 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    威凤一羽 / 威鳳一羽 wēi​fèng​yī​yǔ

    略见一斑 / 略見一斑 lüè​jiàn​yī​bān

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 威凤一羽/威鳳一羽 · wēi​fèng​yī​yǔ · a glimpse that reveals the whole — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    威凤一羽 / 威鳳一羽

    wēi​fèng​yī​yǔ

    a glimpse that reveals the whole

    Literally "one phoenix feather"; refers to a small sample or a brief glimpse that allows one to judge the excellence of the whole thing.

    威 (literal) → 威 · wēi · might 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · phoenix 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 羽 (literal) → 羽 · yǔ · feather

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

    created sense