Entry
瞎子摸象
Source
CEDict 100318
Characters
瞎 子 摸 象
Miscellaneous
Traditional
瞎子摸象
Simplified
瞎子摸象
Pinyin
xia1 zi5 mo1 xiang4
English
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 to mistake the part for the whole unable to see the wood for the trees
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