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; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) exp
Kanji
管
カン
くだ
pipe; tube; wind instrument; drunken talk; control; jurisdiction
以
イ
もっ.て
by means of; because; in view of; compared with
天
テン
あまつ • あめ • あま-
heavens; sky; imperial
窺
キ
うかが.う • のぞく
lie in wait; spy on; reconnoiter
Synonyms
管窺
かんき
- narrow insight; narrow view n