look at the sky through a tube

look at the sky through a tube

Chinese idioms, Pinyin read y ò nggu ǎ Nku ī Ti ā n, meaning to see the sky from the tube; metaphor narrow-minded, short-sighted. From Chuang Tzu autumn water.

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's autumn water: "it's not too small to use a tube to peep at the sky and an awl to point to the earth." Cheng xuanyingshu: "for example, you can see the sky from a perspective, and you can see the width of the sky."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.