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
Characters in this word
4盲
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blind
- Pinyin
- máng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24030 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
摸
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to feel with the hand, to touch, to stroke, to grope, to steal, to abstract
- Pinyin
- mō
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2473 of 2500
象
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elephant, CL:隻|只[zhi1], shape, form, appearance, to imitate
- Pinyin
- xiàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2126 of 2500