lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom); fig. not seeing the wider picture; can't see the wood for the trees
trad. 一葉障目
Also written 一葉障目【yī yè zhàng mù】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
叶
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to be in harmony
- Pinyin
- xié
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 8504 of 2500
障
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to block, to hinder, to obstruct
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Strokes
- 13
目
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eye, (literary) to look; to regard, eye (of a net); mesh, mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]), item; section, list; catalogue, (taxonomy) order, name; title
- Pinyin
- mù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 15224 of 2500