字 Chinese Character Wiki Wiki
Log in
  • Home
  • Search
  • Articles
  • Lists
  • Recent Changes
  • My Edits
  • Character Builder
Preferences
Theme
Characters
Phonetic
  • Dong Chinese
Read Edit View history
内行看门道,外行看热闹
nèi​háng​kàn​mén​dao​wài​háng​kàn​rè​nao

to know the ropes

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
内行看门道,外行看热闹 內行看門道,外行看熱鬧 nèi​háng​kàn​mén​dao​wài​háng​kàn​rè​nao
to know the ropes
experts look for the deeper meaning and technique in a performance or task while laymen only look at the surface-level spectacle
CC BY-SA 4.0 Data licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0