guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào

to have a limited view

  • created reference approved 管中窥豹/管中窺豹 → 可见一斑/可見一斑 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管中窥豹 / 管中窺豹 guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào

    可见一斑 / 可見一斑 kě​jiàn​yī​bān

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 管中窥豹/管中窺豹 → 略见一斑/略見一斑 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管中窥豹 / 管中窺豹 guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào

    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 管中窥豹/管中窺豹 · guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào · to have a limited view — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管中窥豹 / 管中窺豹

    guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào

    to have a limited view

    To look at something through a narrow tube; to miss the big picture or have a narrow, restricted perspective

    管 (literal) → 管 · guǎn · tube 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 窥 (literal) → 窥/窺 · kuī · to peep 豹 (literal) → 豹 · bào · leopard

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 管中窥豹/管中窺豹 · guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào · to get a glimpse of the whole — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管中窥豹 / 管中窺豹

    guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào

    to get a glimpse of the whole

    To get a sense of the whole from seeing a small part (often used in the phrase [[管中窥豹,可见一斑|管中窺豹,可見一斑|guan3 zhong1 kui1 bao4 ke3 jian4 yi1 ban1]])

    管 (literal) → 管 · guǎn · tube 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 窥 (literal) → 窥/窺 · kuī · to peep 豹 (literal) → 豹 · bào · leopard

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

    created sense