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以偏概全

yǐ piān gài quán

4-character word

What 以偏概全 means

1. (lit.) to take a part for the whole
2. to generalize

The characters in 以偏概全

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 全quánall; whole; entire

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