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见微知著

jiàn wēi zhī zhù

4-character word Traditional 見微知著

What 见微知著 means

1. idiomto examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces

The characters in 见微知著

• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 著zhùto make known; to show; to prove

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