一叶障目
Traditional form:
一葉障目
Pinyin (reading):
yīyèzhàngmù
Definitions:
- lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
- fig. not seeing the wider picture
- can't see the wood for the trees
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 叶 - leaf, page; surname
- 障 - to separate; shield, barricade
- 目 - eye; to look, to see; division, topic
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