created reference approved 盲人摸象 → 瞎子摸象 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
盲人摸象 mángrénmōxiàng
瞎子摸象 xiāzimōxiàng
same_as
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
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 mángrénmōxiàng
众盲摸象 / 眾盲摸象 zhòngmángmōxiàng
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
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 mángrénmōxiàng
盲人说象 / 盲人說象 mángrénshuōxiàng
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 盲人摸象 → 以偏概全 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
盲人摸象 mángrénmōxiàng
以偏概全 yǐpiāngàiquán
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 盲人摸象 · mángrénmōxiàng · blind people touching an elephant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
盲人摸象
mángrénmōxiàng
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 · mángrén · blind person 摸 (literal) → 摸 · mō · to touch 象 (literal) → 象 · xiàng · elephant
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition