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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 管中窥豹
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 管中窥豹 | guǎn zhōng kuī bào | - lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture |
List Ranking for: 管中窥豹
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 81,716 | 101,772 | 77,286 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 管 | guǎn | - surname Guan |
| 管 | guǎn | - to take care (of) - to control - to manage - to be in charge of - to look after - to run - to care about - tube - pipe - woodwind - classifier for tube-shaped objects - particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions - writing brush - (coll.) to - towards |
| 管 | guǎn | - variant of 管[guan3] |
| 中 | zhōng | - (bound form) China; Chinese - surname Zhong |
| 中 | zhōng | - within; among; in - middle; center - while (doing sth); during - (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 | zhòng | - to hit (the mark) - to be hit by - to suffer - to win (a prize, a lottery) |
| 窥 | kuī | - to peep - to pry into |
| 窥 | kuī | - variant of 窺|窥[kui1] |
| 豹 | bào | - leopard - panther |
Other Words Containing 管中窥豹
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 管中窥豹 | - | - | 81,716 | 101,772 | 77,286 |