lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom); fig. can't see the forest for the trees
trad. 不識廬山真面目
Also written 不識廬山真面目【bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù】
Characters in this word
7不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
识
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to know, knowledge, Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- Pinyin
- shí
- Traditional
- 識
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 36306 of 2500
庐
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surname Lu, Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui, Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lu2 Shan1] in Jiangxi Province
- Pinyin
- Lú
- Traditional
- 廬
- Strokes
- 7
山
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surname Shan
- Pinyin
- Shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2411 of 2500
真
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really, truly, indeed, real, true, genuine
- Pinyin
- zhēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 146 of 2500
面
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face, side, surface, aspect, top, classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2052 of 2500
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