管中窺豹

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	peep; pry into	leopard; panther
trad. (管中窺豹)		管	中	窺	豹
simp. (管中窥豹)		管	中	窥	豹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎnzhōngkuībào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄎㄨㄟㄅㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² zung¹ kwai¹ paau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǎnzhōngkuībào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄎㄨㄟㄅㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goanjongkueibaw
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnjhongkueibào
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰweɪ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun² zung¹ kwai¹ paau³
  - Yale: gún jūng kwāi paau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² dzung¹ kwai¹ paau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² zung¹ kuei¹ pao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰäːu̯³³/

Idiom

管中窺豹

to see only part of the big picture; to have only a limited view of something

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