bù​shí​lú​shān​zhēn​miàn​mù

can't see the forest for the trees

不识庐山真面目 不識廬山真面目 bù​shí​lú​shān​zhēn​miàn​mù
can't see the forest for the trees
Literally "not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain"; an idiom used to describe being unable to see the whole truth or the objective reality of a situation because one is too involved in it.

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