yǐ piān gài quán

以偏概全 (yǐ piān gài quán) is a Chinese word meaning “(lit.) to take a part for the whole; to generalize”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 以偏概全

以yǐ · to use偏piān · to lean概gài · (bound form) general; approximate全quán · all

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