嘗鼎一臠cháng dǐng yī luáncomprehend by analogy; grasp a part and you will grasp the whole
? ～，他可知矣。(胡仔《苕溪漁隱叢話序》)Since you can comprehend by analogy,you can surely know the rest. 嘗鼎一臠chánɡ dǐnɡ yī luán鼎：古代烹煮之器；臠：切成塊的肉。嘗一嘗鼎中的一塊肉，就可知道全鼎里的肉味。比喻根據(jù)部分可推知全體。taste a piece of sliced meat cooking in the caldron, have a taste |