只见树木，不见森林
zhǐ​jiàn​shù​mù​bù​jiàn​sēn​lín

to fail to see the big picture

  • created reference approved 只见树木，不见森林/只見樹木，不見森林 → 见树不见林/見樹不見林 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只见树木，不见森林 / 只見樹木，不見森林 zhǐ​jiàn​shù​mù​bù​jiàn​sēn​lín

    见树不见林 / 見樹不見林 jiàn​shù​bù​jiàn​lín

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 只见树木，不见森林/只見樹木，不見森林 · zhǐ​jiàn​shù​mù​bù​jiàn​sēn​lín · to fail to see the big picture — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只见树木，不见森林 / 只見樹木，不見森林

    zhǐ​jiàn​shù​mù​bù​jiàn​sēn​lín

    to fail to see the big picture

    To see only the parts but not the whole; to be unable to see the wood for the trees.

    zhǐ​jiàn​shù​mù​bú​jiàn​sēn​lín

    只见 (literal) → 只见/只見 · zhǐ​jiàn · to only see 树木 (literal) → 树木/樹木 · shù​mù · trees ， (non_chinese) 不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bù​jiàn · not to see 森林 (literal) → 森林 · sēn​lín · forest

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

    created sense