管くだを以もって天てんを窺うかがう
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, う)
Idiomatic
1. to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to look at the sky through a tube
Kanji used
pipe
by means of
heaven
look through something narrow
Composed of
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer