不识庐山真面目

bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. can't see the forest for the trees

Child Words of 不识庐山真面目

不
bù

no; not so

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

真
zhēn

really

识
shí

to know

识
zhì

to record

庐
lú

hut

庐山
lú shān

Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi

目
mù

eye

真面目
zhēn miàn mù

true identity

面
miàn

face

面目
miàn mù

appearance