管中窥豹，可见一斑
guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào​kě​jiàn​yī​bān

to see the whole through a small part

  • created sense approved 管中窥豹，可见一斑/管中窺豹，可見一斑 · guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào​kě​jiàn​yī​bān · to see the whole through a small part — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管中窥豹，可见一斑 / 管中窺豹，可見一斑

    guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào​kě​jiàn​yī​bān

    to see the whole through a small part

    to generalize from a specific observation or to get a sense of the whole picture from a small glimpse; literally, looking at a leopard through a tube and seeing only one spot

    管 (literal) → 管 · guǎn · tube 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 窥豹 (literal) → 窥豹/窺豹 · kuī​bào · restricted view ， (non_chinese) 可见一斑 (literal) → 可见一斑/可見一斑 · kě​jiàn​yī​bān · to get a glimpse of the whole

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    created sense