See 以小見大 on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"to see the forest for the trees; to discern the big picture or an overall pattern from small details"
],
"id": "en-以小見大-zh-phrase-NclETqHL",
"links": [
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"see the forest for the trees",
"see the forest for the trees"
],
[
"discern",
"discern"
],
[
"big picture",
"big picture"
],
[
"overall",
"overall"
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"pattern",
"pattern"
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"small",
"small"
],
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"detail",
"detail"
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"sounds": [
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "yǐxiǎojiàndà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ siu² gin³ daai⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǐxiǎojiàndà [Phonetic:yíxiǎojiàndà]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǐsiǎojiàndà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "i³-hsiao³-chien⁴-ta⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǐ-syǎu-jyàn-dà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yiisheaujianndah"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "исяоцзяньда"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "isjaoczjanʹda"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yíh síu gin daaih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ siu² gin³ daai⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yi⁵ xiu² gin³ dai⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ siːu̯³⁵ kiːn³³ taːi̯²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: yíxiǎojiàndà]"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ siːu̯³⁵ kiːn³³ taːi̯²²/"
}
],
"word": "以小見大"
}
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"Chinese terms spelled with 大",
"Chinese terms spelled with 小",
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"glosses": [
"to see the forest for the trees; to discern the big picture or an overall pattern from small details"
],
"links": [
[
"see the forest for the trees",
"see the forest for the trees"
],
[
"discern",
"discern"
],
[
"big picture",
"big picture"
],
[
"overall",
"overall"
],
[
"pattern",
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],
[
"small",
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"zh-pron": "yǐxiǎojiàndà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ siu² gin³ daai⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǐxiǎojiàndà [Phonetic:yíxiǎojiàndà]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǐsiǎojiàndà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "i³-hsiao³-chien⁴-ta⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǐ-syǎu-jyàn-dà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yiisheaujianndah"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "исяоцзяньда"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "isjaoczjanʹda"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yíh síu gin daaih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ siu² gin³ daai⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yi⁵ xiu² gin³ dai⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ siːu̯³⁵ kiːn³³ taːi̯²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: yíxiǎojiàndà]"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ siːu̯³⁵ kiːn³³ taːi̯²²/"
}
],
"word": "以小見大"
}
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