a peephole view

a peephole view

A glimpse of the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī K ǒ ngzh ī Ji à n, meaning to see from a small hole. It refers to a narrow and one-sided view. It comes from the theory of salt and iron.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonyms] immediate view, sit in the well and look at the sky, have a broad view, and [antonyms] far sighted, and [Tongyun CI] undefiled performance, hard to distinguish between the true and the false, changing from the good, bridging, leftovers, single silk does not form a line, chaff does not tire of, become decent, free and loose, kill the chicken to get the egg

The origin of Idioms

Han Huan Kuan's "on salt and iron: mutual needling" said: "hold the rules but not the moment, hold the accuracy but not the rope, pass through a hole, know a reason, but don't know how to weigh."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to be derogatory. example the above is my personal opinion, for your reference only. write impromptu without thinking, with a single opinion and a free flow of ideas. In the book of rites, the doctrine of the mean, Zheng Xuan of the Han Dynasty remarked: "the doctrine of the ancients is a person who knows a hole, and does not know what the new deal of the king can follow." In Tang Dynasty, Kong Yingda said: "Kong is called a hole. There are many things that happen in a hole. Today, only those who know one hole do not know that the rest of the holes are accessible. They have to keep this place. Therefore, it is said that those who know one hole do not know Later, he called narrow and one-sided views "one-sided views".

Idioms and allusions

Once upon a time, there was a man who saw other people set up nets to catch birds and found that each bird's head was only drilled with a net. He thought, in this case, why do you need to make a net? When he came home, he cut the long rope and made them into circles. When people asked him what he was doing, he laughed but did not answer. He was glad that he had a clear idea, so he found a place where no one could settle the small circles. As a result, none of the birds were caught.