管中窥豹 in English guan3 zhong1 kui1 bao4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiomatic expression); metaphorically to miss the big picture

Simplified Characters

管 中 窥 豹

Traditional Characters

管 中 窺 豹

Pinyin

guan3 zhong1 kui1 bao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

管guan3variant of 管[guan3] 中zhong1China 窥kui1to peep 豹bao4leopard