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; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); 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 ㄓㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² zung¹ kwai¹ paau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnzhōngkuībào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnjhongkueibào
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³-chung¹-kʻuei¹-pao⁴
    • Yale: gwǎn-jūng-kwēi-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goanjongkueibaw
    • Palladius: гуаньчжункуйбао (guanʹčžunkujbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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 pʰaːu̯³³/

Idiom

管中窺豹

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