盲 盲
人 人
摸 摸
象 象
- 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
- to mistake the part for the whole
- unable to see the wood for the trees
Info
- Wiktionary: 盲人摸象
- MDBG: 盲人摸象
- Examples with 盲人摸象 on Tatoeba
- Tags: chengyu