瞎子摸象
xiā​zi​mō​xiàng

to mistake the part for the whole

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

    瞎子摸象 xiā​zi​mō​xiàng

    盲人摸象 máng​rén​mō​xiàng

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 瞎子摸象 · xiā​zi​mō​xiàng · to mistake the part for the whole — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瞎子摸象

    xiā​zi​mō​xiàng

    to mistake the part for the whole

    (idiom) blind people touch an elephant; to be unable to see the big picture or to draw a conclusion based on incomplete information

    瞎子 (literal) → 瞎子 · xiā​zi · 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

    created sense