粵

以ji5偏pin1概koi3全cyun4

ji5 pin1 koi3 cyun4yǐ piān gài quán

English

  1. (lit.) to take a part for the whole
  2. to conclude from a small sample or with bias
  3. to generalize
  4. hasty generalisation

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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