众盲摸象
zhòng​máng​mō​xiàng

to mistake a part for the whole

  • created reference approved 众盲摸象/眾盲摸象 → 盲人摸象 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    众盲摸象 / 眾盲摸象 zhòng​máng​mō​xiàng

    盲人摸象 máng​rén​mō​xiàng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 众盲摸象/眾盲摸象 · zhòng​máng​mō​xiàng · to mistake a part for the whole — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    众盲摸象 / 眾盲摸象

    zhòng​máng​mō​xiàng

    to mistake a part for the whole

    (idiom) a group of blind people touch an elephant, and each describes a different part as the whole; to be unable to see the big picture because of a limited perspective

    众 (literal) → 众/眾 · zhòng · many 盲 (literal) → 盲 · máng · blind 摸象 (literal) → 摸象 · mō​xiàng · to touch an elephant

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

    created sense