見樹不見林
jiàn​shù​bù​jiàn​lín

missing the big picture

  • created sense approved 见树不见林/見樹不見林 · jiàn​shù​bù​jiàn​lín · missing the big picture — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见树不见林 / 見樹不見林

    jiàn​shù​bù​jiàn​lín

    missing the big picture

    to see the trees but not the forest; to fail to see the larger picture due to focusing on small details

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 树 (literal) → 树/樹 · shù · tree 不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bù​jiàn · not to see 林 (literal) → 林 · lín · forest

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

    created sense