以管窺天

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	peep; pry into	day; sky; heaven
trad. (以管窺天)		以	管	窺	天
simp. (以管窥天)		以	管	窥	天
Literally: “to look at the sky through a tube”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐguǎnkuītiān

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄟㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gun² kwai¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐguǎnkuītiān [Phonetic: yíguǎnkuītiān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄟㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyigoankueitian
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐguǎnkueitian
  - IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kwän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰweɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ gun² kwai¹ tin¹
  - Yale: yíh gún kwāi tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gun² kwai¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ gun² kuei¹ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kuːn³⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

以管窺天

to have narrow and superficial knowledge and views

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.