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Open the tool →隙中观斗 (xì zhōng guān dòu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have a very narrow or incomplete view of a situation”.
隙中观斗 is pronounced xì zhōng guān dòu in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 隙中观斗 means “Watching a fight through a crack”. It is used to mean “to have a very narrow or incomplete view of a situation”.
隙:缝隙。从门缝中观看争斗。比喻看不到整个情况