眾盲摸象
zhòngmángmōxiàng
ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄤˊ ㄇㄛ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Simplified 众盲摸象
- 1multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture
- 2to mistake the part for the whole
- 3unable to see the wood for the trees