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众盲摸象

zhòng máng mō xiàng

4-character word Traditional 眾盲摸象

What 众盲摸象 means

1. multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra {大般涅盘经|dà bān Niè pán jīng}); fig. unable to see the big picture
2. to mistake the part for the whole
3. unable to see the wood for the trees

The characters in 众盲摸象

• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 盲mángblind
• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form