Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
验微见著
English translation:
to understand the macro situation by observing the micro situation
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Denyce Seow
Mar 28, 2007 23:19
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Chinese term
Singapore
Business & Legal Translator
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Singaporean) 
Works in: Chinese to English
验微见著
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
匡的散文，棱角交错，爱恨分明，星际论道，花前说法，验微见著，撷小证大，时而拈瓣微笑，时而挹光狂歌，皆见赤子心、狂士情.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | My understanding |
Lu Zou
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| 3 | to extrapolate |
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My understanding
to understand/see the overall (macro) situation by testing/observing the local (micro) situation.
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to extrapolate
To extrapolate what is unreachable under the present circumstances, to carry out ideal experiments and extrapolate the results to reality.
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