見微知著
jiàn​wēi​zhī​zhù

to see the big picture from a small sign

  • created reference approved 见微知著/見微知著 → 睹始知终/睹始知終 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见微知著 / 見微知著 jiàn​wēi​zhī​zhù

    睹始知终 / 睹始知終 dǔ​shǐ​zhī​zhōng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 见微知著/見微知著 · jiàn​wēi​zhī​zhù · to see the big picture from a small sign — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见微知著 / 見微知著

    jiàn​wēi​zhī​zhù

    to see the big picture from a small sign

    (idiom) to perceive the essence or future development of a situation from a tiny clue; to see the whole from a part

    jiàn​wéi​zhī​zhù

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 微 (literal) → 微 · wēi · tiny 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 著 (literal) → 著 · zhù · to show

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

    created sense