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瞎子摸象

xiā zi 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

Child Words of 瞎子摸象

摸象
mō xiàng
摸
mō
象
xiàng
瞎
xiā
子
zǐ
瞎子
xiā zi