冰山一角
bing1 saan1 jat1 gok3bīng shān yī jiǎo
English
- tip of the iceberg
- the tip of the iceberg
粵語 — Cantonese
- 事物嘅一小部份
Examples
呢個只係問題嘅冰山一角。
This is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
你睇到嘅罪案只係冰山一角,冇被揭發嘅多如牛毛。
The criminal cases you see are just the tip of the iceberg. There are countless others that have not been exposed.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk