cháng
dǐng
luán

idiom

Meaning of 尝鼎一脔

尝鼎一脔 means to infer the whole from a small sample; get the gist from a single detail. Pronounced cháng dǐng yī luán.

  • to infer the whole from a small sample; get the gist from a single detail

Definitions & Examples

de
lùn
wén
zhǐ
le
zhāi
yào
 
cháng
dǐng
luán
 
jué
jiàn
jiě
fēi
fán
 

I only read the abstract of his paper; getting the gist from that sample, I already feel his insights are extraordinary.

Zhè
fèn
bào
gào
suī
wán
zhěng
 
dàn
men
cháng
dǐng
luán
 
néng
kàn
chū
xiàng
de
zhì
shì
 

Though this report is incomplete, by inferring the whole from a part, we can see the general trend of the project.

Guān
zǎo
zuò
pǐn
 
cháng
dǐng
luán
 
biàn便
jiàn
hòu
lái
de
shù
fēng
 

By observing his early works and inferring the whole from a sample, one can foresee his later artistic style.

shēng
jiǎn
chá
le
guān
jiàn
zhǐ
biāo
 
cháng
dǐng
luán
 
chū
pàn
duàn
le
de
jiàn
kāng
zhuàng
kuàng
 

The doctor checked several key indicators; sampling a morsel to know the whole pot, he made a preliminary assessment of his health condition.