只見樹木不見森林 [ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ; zhi3 jian4 shu4 mu4 bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2] unable to see the wood for the trees fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture ◄ ►