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瞎子摸象
xiā​zi​mō​xiàng

to mistake the part for the whole

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
瞎子摸象 xiā​zi​mō​xiàng
to mistake the part for the whole
(idiom) blind people touch an elephant; to be unable to see the big picture or to draw a conclusion based on incomplete information

Frequency

Written text
0.058 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 盲人摸象 máng​rén​mō​xiàng

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)