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瞎
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blind, groundlessly, foolishly, to no purpose
- Pinyin
- xiā
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 3462 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 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