idiom > insignificant size with profound meaning as panorama of a thousand li in a one-chi scroll
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Chifu miles
  Explanation: Foot-long frame, painted into the scene of a thousand miles long. Parable form, though small, contains a great many.
  Usage: Contraction type; as attribute; metaphor form the small content of large
  Source: "Nan Shizhao helmet Biography": "Young, studious, a literary talent, to book good painting, landscape on the map in the fan, right close by, the will feel thousands of miles to remote."
  Examples: However, not a bad idea too short, ~ carry; bad idea no short purpose also, Cheongdam Baizhang carry on. ★ clear Shaoji "and Wang Jushi of Poetry"
chǐ fú qiān lǐ
  A small painting images of mountains and rivers that can accommodate thousands of miles, metaphors shape of things small, but contains the content is very rich
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  发音 chǐ fú qiān lǐ
  释义 一尺长的画幅,画进了千里长的景象。比喻外形虽小,包含的内容很多。
  出处 《南史·昭胄传》:“幼好学,有文才,能书善画,于扇上图山水,咫尺之内,便觉万里为遥。”
  示例:然未尝无短篇也,~矣;未尝无淡旨也,清潭百丈矣。 ★清·何绍基《与汪菊士论诗》
  清代诗评家认为:“王诗短短二十字,前十字大意已尽,后十字有尺幅千里之势。”
  用法 作定语;比喻外形小内涵大
English Expression
  1. n.:  insignificant size with profound meaning as panorama of a thousand li in a one-chi scroll,  insignificant size with profound meaning as panorama of a thousand li in a one-chi scroll,  (of a painting) having a thousand miles of contents in a foot of space
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