máng​rén​mō​xiàng

blind people touching an elephant

  • created reference approved 盲人摸象 → 瞎子摸象 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盲人摸象 máng​rén​mō​xiàng

    瞎子摸象 xiā​zi​mō​xiàng

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

    盲人摸象 máng​rén​mō​xiàng

    众盲摸象 / 眾盲摸象 zhòng​máng​mō​xiàng

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  • created reference approved 盲人摸象 → 盲人说象/盲人說象 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盲人摸象 máng​rén​mō​xiàng

    盲人说象 / 盲人說象 máng​rén​shuō​xiàng

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  • created reference approved 盲人摸象 → 以偏概全 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盲人摸象 máng​rén​mō​xiàng

    以偏概全 yǐ​piān​gài​quán

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  • created sense approved 盲人摸象 · máng​rén​mō​xiàng · blind people touching an elephant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盲人摸象

    máng​rén​mō​xiàng

    blind people touching an elephant

    To mistake the part for the whole or draw conclusions from incomplete data. This idiom comes from a story about blind men who each touch a different part of an elephant and describe the animal based only on what they felt.

    盲人 (literal) → 盲人 · máng​rén · blind person 摸 (literal) → 摸 · mō · to touch 象 (literal) → 象 · xiàng · elephant

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