聞一知十
wén​yī​zhī​shí

to deduce much from little

  • created sense approved 闻一知十/聞一知十 · wén​yī​zhī​shí · to deduce much from little — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闻一知十 / 聞一知十

    wén​yī​zhī​shí

    to deduce much from little

    (idiom) to understand everything from a single hint; to be highly perceptive and capable of broad deduction from limited information

    闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten

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

    created sense