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/ 管中窥豹
lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
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guǎn zhōng kuī bào
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lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view
窥豹一斑
kuī bào yī bān
in my humble opinion
管窥所及
guǎn kuī suǒ jí
(idiom) lit. look at the sky through a bamboo tube; fig. to have a narrow view or see things one-sidedly
以管窥天
yǐ guǎn kuī tiān
unilateral · one-sided
片面
piàn miàn
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra); fig. unable to see the big picture · to mistake the part for the whole · unable to see the wood for the trees
盲人摸象
máng rén mō xiàng
lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) · fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
略见一斑
lu:è jiàn yī bān
Antonyms
lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom) · fig. to grasp the situation thoroughly
洞若观火
dòng ruò guān huǒ
obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
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