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只见树木，不见森林

zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín

9-character word Traditional 只見樹木，不見森林

What 只见树木，不见森林 means

1. can't see the wood for the trees

The characters in 只见树木，不见森林

• 只zhǐonly; merely; just
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 森sēn(bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
• 林lín(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…