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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

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