管を以て天を窺う | Japanese meaning

管を以て天を窺う【くだをもっててんをうかがう】

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Godan verb with 'u' ending

to have a narrow view of things; to look at the sky through a tubeidiomatic expressionsee also 管窺

Forms

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Godan verb with 'u' ending

to have a narrow view of things; to look at the sky through a tubeidiomatic expressionsee also 管窺

Forms

N24

意pipe; tube; wind instrument; drunken talk; control; jurisdiction

訓くだ

音カン

名すが

N44

意by means of; because; in view of; compared with

訓もっ.て

音イ

名もち

N51

意heavens; sky; imperial

訓あまつ、あめ、あま-

音テン

名あき、あも、た、たかし、て、なま

人名用

意lie in wait; spy on; reconnoiter

訓うかが.う、のぞく

音キ

Lingaku

Japanese

About