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管を以て天を窺う

くだをもっててんをうかがう

to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight

Pronunciation

くだをもっててんをうかがう

Contains Kanji

管
かん
pipe
以
い
by means of
天
てん
heavens
窺
き
lie in wait

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1. To make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; To look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) See also 管窺.

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