以偏概全
ji5 pin1 koi3 cyun4yǐ piān gài quán
English
- (lit.) to take a part for the whole
- to conclude from a small sample or with bias
- to generalize
- hasty generalisation
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種邏輯謬誤,片面咁根據局部嘅現象去推論事實嘅全部
Examples
呢份報紙淨係訪問咗幾個市民就總結香港人普遍支持呢個政策,真係以偏概全。
This newspaper has only interviewed a few citizens and concluded that most of the Hong Kong people support this policy. It is a hasty generalisation.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk