guǎn​zhōng​kuī​bào​kě​jiàn​yī​bān

to see the whole through a small part

Senses

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

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