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眾盲摸象

简众盲摸象 · 繁眾盲摸象

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng máng mō xiàng

multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經 dà bān Niè pán jīng); fig. unable to see the big picture
to mistake the part for the whole
unable to see the wood for the trees

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4–2–1–4 · zhong4 mang2 mo1 xiang4

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zung3 maang4 mo2 zoeng6

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