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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:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 81,716 101,772 77,286

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
guǎn- surname Guan
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
guǎn- variant of 管[guan3]
zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
kuī- to peep
- to pry into
kuī- variant of 窺|窥[kui1]
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 (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
管中窥豹 - - 81,716 101,772 77,286