粵

瞎hat6子zi2摸mo2象zoeng6

hat6 zi2 mo2 zoeng6xiā zi mō xiàng

English

  1. 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
  2. to mistake the part for the whole
  3. unable to see the wood for the trees
  4. to mistake a part for the whole; same as 盲人摸象

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係盲人摸象

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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