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瞎子摸象

xiā zi mō xiàng

Definition

  1. blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. to mistake the part for the whole
  3. unable to see the wood for the trees

Character Decomposition

瞎
=
目
+
害
子
=
了
+
一
摸
=
扌
+
莫
象
=
⺈
+
口
+
？

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