Chinese–English

众盲摸象

zhòng máng mō xiàng · zhong mang mo xiang

Traditional 眾盲摸象

Meaning

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  1. multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經 / 大般涅盘经 (dà bān Niè pán jīng)); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. to mistake the part for the whole
  3. unable to see the wood for the trees
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