the child is father of the man

the child is father of the man

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à Xi à Oji à nd à, which means you can see the big from the small. It means you can see the festival from the small, or the whole from a small part. From Zhao ziyue.

The origin of Idioms

Laoshe's Zhao ziyue: "such a fact can't be regarded as his important construction, but it's not possible for people who don't fully understand the significance of the new trend of thought to see the big from the small."

Idiom usage

We can see his character from the small.