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众盲摸象

zhòng máng mō xiàng

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Definitions

  1. 1. multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2. to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3. unable to see the wood for the trees