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Definition(s) for: 盲人摸象

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng - 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

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
- - - 99,474 74,053

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
盲 máng- blind
人 rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
摸 mō- to feel with the hand
- to touch
- to stroke
- to grope
- to steal
- to abstract
摸 mó- variant of 摹[mo2]
象 xiàng- elephant
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- shape
- form
- appearance
- to imitate

Other Words Containing 盲人摸象

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo