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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】

[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:

4.	A 2022-02-08 02:12:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2022-02-04 14:16:57 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	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>
2.	A 2017-07-13 04:45:19 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2017-06-29 20:59:17 Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs, daijr

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