一斑窥豹 — “Glimpse a leopard through one spot”
一斑窥豹 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to get a glimpse of something, seeing only a small part and thus failing to comprehend the whole; to have a partial view; to mistake a part for the whole”. Literally, “Glimpse a leopard through one spot”.
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What does 一斑窥豹 mean?
一斑窥豹 (yī bān kuī bào) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to get a glimpse of something, seeing only a small part and thus failing to comprehend the whole; to have a partial view; to mistake a part for the whole”.
How do you pronounce 一斑窥豹?
一斑窥豹 is pronounced yī bān kuī bào in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 一斑窥豹 literally mean?
Literally, 一斑窥豹 means “Glimpse a leopard through one spot”. It is used to mean “to get a glimpse of something, seeing only a small part and thus failing to comprehend the whole; to have a partial view; to mistake a part for the whole”.
What is the Chinese definition of 一斑窥豹?
从竹管的小孔里看豹，只看到豹身上的一块斑纹。比喻只看到事物的一部分，指所见不全面或略有所得。