一叶障目
yī​yè​zhàng​mù

to be blinded by the trivial

  • created reference approved 一叶障目/一葉障目 → 一叶蔽目/一葉蔽目 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一叶障目 / 一葉障目 yī​yè​zhàng​mù

    一叶蔽目 / 一葉蔽目 yī​yè​bì​mù

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一叶障目/一葉障目 · yī​yè​zhàng​mù · to be blinded by the trivial — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一叶障目 / 一葉障目

    yī​yè​zhàng​mù

    to be blinded by the trivial

    literally meaning eyes obscured by a single leaf; describes being so focused on a small detail or surface phenomenon that one fails to see the big picture

    yí​yè​zhàng​mù

    一叶 (literal) → 一叶/一葉 · yī​yè · a single leaf 障 (literal) → 障 · zhàng · to obstruct 目 (literal) → 目 · mù · eye

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense