汉英词典
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MEANING OF 瞎子摸象
瞎子摸象
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[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
典出《大般涅盘经》卷三二。相传几个盲人摸大象的身躯,各人都以为自己所摸到的是大象的整个形象◇以"瞎子摸象"比喻观察事物以偏概全。
xiā zi/zǐ mō/mó xiàng
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