Peeping a leopard through a tube (guǎn zhōng kuī bào)
Explanation: Looking at a leopard through a small hole in a bamboo tube, you can only see a stripe on the leopard's body. Metaphor only sees part of something. Sometimes it can be used together with a glimpse, which is a metaphor for seeing only part of something, meaning that what you see is incomplete or only a little bit gained.
Origin from Liu Yiqing's "Shishuo Xinyu·Fangzheng" of the Southern Dynasties and Song Dynasty: "This man also peeks into the leopard and sees something from time to time."
Usage is more formal; used as predicate, adverbial; containing Derogatory meaning
Example: Seek knowledge outside, sit in a well and look at the sky and come out again. How great is the ambition of carrying an ax? It's good or bad to go out and cut. ★Yuan Dynasty Zhou Deqing's "A Branch of Flower·The Legacy of Zhang Boyuan" Lu Xun's "Sequel to the Huagai Collection·Interesting News": "Fortunately, a few sections were published in the "Modern Commentary Supplement" in advance, so we can still~see it briefly. The outline of this new book. ”
Synonyms: glimpse into a leopard, glimpse into something, see into the sky with a pipe
Antonyms: see through fire, see clearly
Only money in the eyes of lantern riddles.
Allusions
Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty's "Shishuoxinyu·Fangzheng": "When Prince Jing was a few years old, he tried to see the disciples playing Pu, and saw the winner, because he said: ' Nan Feng Bu Jing. The disciples looked down upon his son and said, "This man also looks at a leopard through a pipe and sees a spot." It means that when you look at a leopard through a pipe, you only see a stripe on its body.
Translation: Wang Xianzhi is the last son of Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is very smart. When he grew up, he also became a famous calligrapher and was known as the "Two Kings" together with his father.
One day, several of his father's students were playing cards. Xianzhi, who was watching from the sidelines, was actually able to give advice to others and speak a few words of knowledge. Unexpectedly, the students all laughed at him and said: "This man is also able to catch a glimpse of the leopard and see something!"
When Xianzhi saw them talking about him like this, he couldn't help being furious and said: "I am ashamed of Xun Fengqian from afar, and I am ashamed of Liu from afar!" It’s really long.” He threw off his sleeves and walked away.
The two idioms "Peeping a leopard in a tube" and "Going away" are all derived from this.
There are two completely different understandings of "seeing a leopard in a tube": one is a complimentary meaning, which means that people can infer the whole picture of something from a part of it observed. To literally understand "peeping at a leopard through a tube" means to see a leopard through the line of sight through a "bamboo tube". Since the line of sight is limited by the area of ??the circular hole in the "bamboo tube", the "whole leopard" cannot be seen, only the leopard can be seen. The spotted pattern on the body is very characteristic of a leopard, so it is inferred that this is a leopard. This kind of thinking is extremely wise. "You can see the whole leopard from one spot", "See the world from a grain of sand", "Understand the ocean from a drop of water". These words are often used to praise those smart people who see the big from the small and understand the big principles through small things.
But if we think backwards about this sentence, we will immediately find that it is full of loopholes. "If you look at a leopard through a tube, you can see a speck." So, is it true that anyone who can see "a speck" is a leopard? No! The markings on the sika deer are by no means inferior to those of the leopard. Therefore, the same "seeing a leopard through a tube" might lead to an unjust case of "calling a deer a leopard"!
Supplementary information:
Word: Sitting at the bottom of a well and looking at the sky [Edit this paragraph] Pronunciation zuò jǐng guān tiān [Edit this paragraph] Definition: Sitting at the bottom of a well and looking at the sky. It is a metaphor for having a small vision and little knowledge. [Edit this paragraph] From "Yuan Dao" by Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty: "Those who sit in a well and look at the sky and say that the sky is small are not the sky." [Edit this paragraph] Example: My disciple spent his life in vain and never left the mountain gate. As the saying goes ~, a matchmaker.
(Chapter 16 of "Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'en of the Ming Dynasty)
Usage in linked form; used as predicate, object, and attributive; with derogatory connotations [edit this paragraph] synonyms: frog in the well, short-sighted mouse, and inquisitive person
Antonyms of far-sighted and well-informed [Edit this paragraph] The toad fell in the hanging well
The riddle frog measured the weather
Sentences Children should study all subjects seriously , constantly broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge, and you must not sit in a well and look at the sky. [