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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一叶障目

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一叶障目 yī yè zhàng mù - lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
- fig. not seeing the wider picture
- can't see the wood for the trees

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 48,771 92,555 62,146

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
xié- to be in harmony
- surname Ye
- leaf
- page
- lobe
- (historical) period
- classifier for small boats
zhàng- to block
- to hinder
- to obstruct
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title

Other Words Containing 一叶障目

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一叶障目 - - 48,771 92,555 62,146