见微知著
Traditional form:
見微知著
Pinyin (reading):
jiànwēizhīzhù
Definitions:
- (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
Characters:
- 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 微 - small, tiny, trifling; micro-
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 著 - to show, to prove, to make known
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