眾盲摸象 [ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄤˊ ㄇㄛ ㄒㄧㄤˋ; zhong4 mang2 mo1 xiang4]
multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經[ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄆㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ; 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
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