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take a narrow view of things · look at the sky through a bamboo tube and measure the sea with a conch shell · restricted in vision and shallow in understanding

管窥蠡测
guǎn kuī lǐ cè
g+uǎn·3rd tonek+uī·1st tonel+ǐ·3rd tonec+è·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
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 xiànglit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded坐井观天zuò jǐng guān tiān(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
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
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