管中窥豹管中窺豹

guǎn zhōng kuī bào

Meaning

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

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Characters

管guǎntube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control⺮官中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese口丨窥kuīto peep, to spy on, to watch穴规豹bàoleopard, panther; surname豸勺