Simplified display

瞎子摸象

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Definitions

1. 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. to mistake the part for the whole
3. unable to see the wood for the trees

son

to feel with the hand

blind

to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)

blind person

elephant