瞎子摸象
xiā zi mō xiàngxiazimoxiang
- blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture
- to mistake the part for the whole
- unable to see the wood for the trees
xiā zi mō xiàngxiazimoxiang
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences