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thầy bói xem voi

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partial understanding Discourse, Logic, Comparison & ModalityTheme

An idiom describing the mistake of drawing conclusions about a whole situation based on only a limited part of understanding.

vi Đánh giá như vậy chỉ là thầy bói xem voi.

en Judging like that is just a partial view of the problem.

Parts
thầy bói / xem / voi
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Use
chim thầy bói / xem xét / xem mặt / xem lại …
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