lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
trad. 管中窺豹
Also written 管中窺豹【guǎn zhōng kuī bào】
Characters in this word
4管
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variant of 管[guan3]
- Pinyin
- guǎn
- Traditional
- 筦
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 1150 of 2500
中
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(bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong
- Pinyin
- Zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 147 of 2500
窥
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to peep, to pry into
- Pinyin
- kuī
- Traditional
- 窺
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 9380 of 2500
豹
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leopard, panther
- Pinyin
- bào
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 17308 of 2500