略见一斑

Traditional form:

略見一斑

Pinyin (reading):

lüèjiànyībān

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 略 - approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot
• 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 斑 - freckled, mottled, spotted, striped

Traditional characters:

• 略 - approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot
• 見 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 斑 - freckled, mottled, spotted, striped