以小見大

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (以小見大)		以	小	見	大
simp. (以小见大)		以	小	见	大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐxiǎojiàndà

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ siu² gin³ daai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐxiǎojiàndà [Phonetic: yíxiǎojiàndà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐsiǎojiàndà
    • Wade–Giles: i³-hsiao³-chien⁴-ta⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-syǎu-jyàn-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiisheaujianndah
    • Palladius: исяоцзяньда (isjaoczjanʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ siu² gin³ daai⁶
    • Yale: yíh síu gin daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ siu² gin³ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ xiu² gin³ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ siːu̯³⁵ kiːn³³ taːi̯²²/

Idiom

以小見大

1. to see the forest for the trees; to discern the big picture or an overall pattern from small details