Chinese–English
只见树木不见森林
zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín · zhi jian shu mu bu jian sen lin
Traditional 只見樹木不見森林
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- unable to see the wood for the trees
- fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.