Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

一葉障目

yīyèzhàngmù

ㄧ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄇㄨˋ

Simplified 一叶障目

  1. 1lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
  2. 2fig. not seeing the wider picture
  3. 3can't see the wood for the trees

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