端倪

boundary / clue / indication / to obtain clues / to infer

end / extremity / item / port / to hold sth level with both hands / to carry / regular

old variant of 端[duan1] / start / origin

surname Ni

(literary) small child / limit / bound / extremity / to differentiate / origin / cause

to infer easily / to guess at a glance / to get a clue

impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue