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盲人摸象
máng rén mō xiàng
What 盲人摸象 means
- 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
- to mistake the part for the whole
- unable to see the wood for the trees
The characters in 盲人摸象
- 盲mángblind
- 人rénperson; people
- 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
- 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
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