"見微知著" meaning in All languages combined

See 見微知著 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, standard, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kiːn³³ mei̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 见微知著 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 見微知著
  1. to be able to tell the truth or general trend from a tiny phenomenon or early signs Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-見微知著-zh-phrase-XQCBuU4e Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 95 5 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. see the forest for the trees Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-見微知著-zh-phrase-N4NTh7oT
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "见微知著",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "見微知著",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to tell the truth or general trend from a tiny phenomenon or early signs"
      ],
      "id": "en-見微知著-zh-phrase-XQCBuU4e",
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ],
        [
          "general",
          "general"
        ],
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ],
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "see the forest for the trees"
      ],
      "id": "en-見微知著-zh-phrase-N4NTh7oT",
      "links": [
        [
          "see the forest for the trees",
          "see the forest for the trees"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwēizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwéizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ mei⁴ zi¹ zyu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwēizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànweijhihjhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-wei¹-chih¹-chu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-wēi-jr̄-jù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannueijyjuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹvɛjčžičžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньвэйчжичжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwéizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwéijhihjhù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-wei²-chih¹-chu⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-wéi-jr̄-jù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannweijyjuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "roman": "czjanʹvɛjčžičžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньвэйчжичжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ mei⁴ zi¹ zyu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin mèih jī jyu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ mei⁴ dzi¹ dzy³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ méi⁴ ji¹ ju³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ mei̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見微知著"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 微",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 知",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 著",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 見",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "见微知著",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "見微知著",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to tell the truth or general trend from a tiny phenomenon or early signs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ],
        [
          "general",
          "general"
        ],
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ],
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "see the forest for the trees"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "see the forest for the trees",
          "see the forest for the trees"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwēizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwéizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ mei⁴ zi¹ zyu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwēizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànweijhihjhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-wei¹-chih¹-chu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-wēi-jr̄-jù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannueijyjuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹvɛjčžičžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньвэйчжичжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwéizhīzhù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànwéijhihjhù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-wei²-chih¹-chu⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-wéi-jr̄-jù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannweijyjuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "roman": "czjanʹvɛjčžičžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньвэйчжичжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ mei⁴ zi¹ zyu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin mèih jī jyu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ mei⁴ dzi¹ dzy³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ méi⁴ ji¹ ju³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ mei̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見微知著"
}

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