瞎子摸象 xiā zǐ mō xiàng
xiā zǐ mō xiàng
set phrase
blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
Domain: Idiom 成语
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Notes: Idiom from Nirvana sutra 大般涅盘经 (CC-CEDICT '瞎子摸象')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- Hsing Yun Diary 5 - People are Busy but their Minds are not Busy: Beneficial for People 星雲日記５～人忙心不忙 與人為善 (1990/6/1~6/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》 — count: 2
- Blind People Touch an Elephant (Prajna) 盲人摸象(般若) Buddhism Series 3 - The Buddha 《佛教叢書3－佛陀》 — count: 1
- Buddhism and Animals 佛教與動物 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 8 - Compassion does not have a Fixed Location: The Purity of Intrinsic Nature 星雲日記８～慈悲不是定點 自性本清淨(1990/12/16~12/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》 — count: 1
- Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (1) 佛教與自然生態（上） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
- Buddhism and the Flowers of Causes and Conditions 佛教與花的因緣 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 瞎子摸象般 (瞎子摸象般) 不要如瞎子摸象般的淺見 — Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》, Hsing Yun Diary 5 - People are Busy but their Minds are not Busy: Beneficial for People 星雲日記５～人忙心不忙 與人為善 (1990/6/1~6/15) — count: 2
- 像瞎子摸象 (像瞎子摸象) 不要像瞎子摸象 — Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》, Hsing Yun Diary 8 - Compassion does not have a Fixed Location: The Purity of Intrinsic Nature 星雲日記８～慈悲不是定點 自性本清淨(1990/12/16~12/31) — count: 2