窥豹一斑 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. see one spot on a leopard ; fig. a restricted view

Character by character

• 窥kuīto peep, to spy on, to watch
• 豹bàoleopard, panther; surname
• 一yīone; a, an; alone
• 斑bānfreckled, mottled, spotted, striped

Idioms sharing a character

• 目不窥园 mù bù kuī yuán
• 管中窥豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào
• 狼虫虎豹 láng chóng hǔ bào
• 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào
• 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
• 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
• 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
• 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
• 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
• 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng

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