管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào

see only part; miss the whole picture

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture

Characters

Character Meaning
管 guǎn HSK 4
to manage; to be in charge of; to control
中 zhōng HSK 1
in; within; middle
窺 kuī
variant of 窺kuī; to peep; to pry into
豹 bào
leopard; panther