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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

Characters and words in 瞎子摸象

xiā = xi + a1
blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose
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blind person
= z + Ø3
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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= m + o1
to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract
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= m + o2
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to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
xiàng = xi + ang4
elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
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Words with 瞎子摸象

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Sentences with 瞎子摸象

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