guǎn​kuī​lí​cè

shallow and narrow-minded

  • created reference approved 管窥蠡测/管窺蠡測 → 以管窥天/以管窺天 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管窥蠡测 / 管窺蠡測 guǎn​kuī​lí​cè

    以管窥天 / 以管窺天 yǐ​guǎn​kuī​tiān

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  • created reference approved 管窥蠡测/管窺蠡測 → 以蠡测海/以蠡測海 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管窥蠡测 / 管窺蠡測 guǎn​kuī​lí​cè

    以蠡测海 / 以蠡測海 yǐ​lí​cè​hǎi

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  • created sense approved 管窥蠡测/管窺蠡測 · guǎn​kuī​lí​cè · shallow and narrow-minded — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    管窥蠡测 / 管窺蠡測

    guǎn​kuī​lí​cè

    shallow and narrow-minded

    (idiom) to look at the sky through a bamboo tube and measure the sea with a ladle; used to describe a person with a very restricted perspective or superficial understanding of a matter

    管窥 (literal) → 管窥/管窺 · guǎn​kuī · to have a restricted view 蠡测 (literal) → 蠡测/蠡測 · lí​cè · shallow understanding

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