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略見一斑

简略见一斑 · 繁略見一斑

Mandarin · pinyin lüè jiàn yī bān

lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom)
fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture

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略: lüè · approximately, roughly; outline
見: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
斑: bān · mottled, striped, freckle
见: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive

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4–4–1–1 · lu:e4 jian4 yi1 ban1

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loek6 gin3 jat1 baan1

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