jmdict 2832600 Active (id#2178164)
管を以て天を窺う
【 くだをもっててんをうかがう 】
  1. [exp,v5u] [id]
    • to have a narrow view of things
    • [lit] to look at the sky through a tube
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 2832599 管窺 1. narrow insight; narrow view
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2022-02-08 02:12:54 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-02-04 14:16:57 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      Zhuangzi should be in a note, if included
    • Diff
      @@ -12,3 +12,5 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2832599">管窺・かんき</xref>
-<gloss>to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi)</gloss>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2832599">管窺</xref>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to have a narrow view of things</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to look at the sky through a tube</gloss>
    • A 2017-07-13 04:45:19 Jim Breen
    • A* 2017-06-29 20:59:17 Alan Cheng
    • Refs
      daijs, daijr
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