Synonyms of visible signs: One leaf knows autumn. When you see a fallen leaf, you know that autumn is coming. It is a metaphor for predicting the development trend and changes of things from some subtle signs of things; "Seeing a leopard through a tube" (Shishuoxinyu·Fangzheng): "This man also peeks at a leopard through a tube, and he can always see something." It means to see a leopard from a bamboo tube, sometimes also You can see a patch on the leopard's body. ; Peering into a leopard means only seeing a small part of something.
The meaning of visible spots: basically can: capable; spots: spots, metaphorical parts or parts of things. You can see part of the spots on the leopard; it is a metaphor that you can see part of something, and you can show or infer the whole picture or whole of something.
It can be seen that it is a derogatory word
It is generally used as a derogatory term, but it can also be used as a synonym. This idiom also has the previous sentence, which shows that the leopard can be seen through the tube. Derogatory meaning: Looking at a leopard through a small hole in a bamboo tube, you can only see a stripe on its body. It is a metaphor for seeing only part of something, which means that what you see is incomplete or only a little bit gained. The complimentary word means that if you look at the leopard through the small hole in the bamboo tube, you can see a stripe on the leopard's body. A metaphor can only see part of something or a metaphor can infer the whole picture from the observed part.
You can see allusions to idioms
Wang Xianzhi, the son of the famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was very smart when he was young. When he grew up, he also became a famous calligrapher, alongside his father. Called "Two Kings". But he is not proficient in chū (pú) (an ancient game). Once, he saw a few people playing with cattails, and he gesticulated and said, "You are going to lose." The man looked at him unhappily and said, "This kid looks like he never played." Looking at the leopard in the tube, I can only see a patch on the leopard's body, but not the whole leopard." When Wang Xianzhi saw them talking about him like this, he couldn't help being angry and said, "I feel ashamed of Xun Fengqian in the distance, and I feel ashamed of Liu Zhenchang in the near future." Sleeves go. There is a saying behind the scenes: "You can see a leopard in a tube - you can see a speck of it".