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

blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose

blind person

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-

(noun suffix)

to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

variant of 摹[mo2]

to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)

elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate