管窥蠡测

管窥蠡测
guǎnkuī-lícè
[take a narrow view of sth; look at the sky through a bamboo tube and measure the sea with a calabash--restricted in vision and shallow in understanding] 管中视天, 以瓢量海水, 喻眼光狭小, 见识不广或不自量力

我昨儿晚上的话竟说错了, 怪不得老爷说我是"管窥蠡测"!--《红楼梦》三十六回


Advanced Chinese dictionary. 2013.

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