guǎn zhōng kuī bàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
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Original source entry:

管中窺豹 管中窥豹 [guan3 zhong1 kui1 bao4] /lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture/

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