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盲人摸象
máng rén mō xiàng
Definitions
- •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
- •to mistake the part for the whole
- •unable to see the wood for the trees