只见树木不见森林
只见树木不见森林
zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín
unable to see the wood for the trees; fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
Traditional: 只見樹木不見森林
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- unable to see the wood for the trees
- fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
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Related Words
一叶障目(yī yè zhàng mù)— lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
→盲人摸象(máng rén mō xiàng)— blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture
→众盲摸象(zhòng máng mō xiàng)— multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture
→瞎子摸象(xiā zi mō xiàng)— blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture
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