只见树木不见森林

zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín

Rare

Definitions

1. unable to see the wood for the trees
2. fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture

Child Words of 只见树木不见森林

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不见 不见 bù jiàn: not to see
• 只 只 zhǐ: only
• 只见 只见 zhǐ jiàn: to see (the same thing) over and over again
• 森林 森林 sēn lín: forest
• 树 树 shù: tree
• 树木 树木 shù mù: tree
• 只 只 zhī: grain that has begun to ripen
• 见 见 jiàn: to see
• 见 见 xiàn: to appear
• 木 木 mù: (bound form) tree
• 林 林 lín: woods
• 森 森 sēn: forest