"只見樹木,不見森林" meaning in All languages combined

See 只見樹木,不見森林 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/, /t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/ Chinese transliterations: zhǐjiànshùmù [Mandarin, Pinyin], bùjiànsēnlín [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zi² gin³ syu⁶ muk⁶, bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhǐjiànshùmù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùjiànsēnlín [Phonetic:zhǐjiànshùmù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bújiànsēnlín] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jhǐhjiànshùmù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], bùjiànsenlín [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chih³-chien⁴-shu⁴-mu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], pu⁴-chien⁴-sên¹-lin² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jř-jyàn-shù-mù- [Mandarin, Yale], bù-jyàn-sēn-lín [Mandarin, Yale], jyyjiannshuhmuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], bujiannsenlin [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжицзяньшуму [Mandarin, Palladius], буцзяньсэньлинь [Mandarin, Palladius], čžiczjanʹšumu [Mandarin, Palladius], buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], jí gin syuh muhk, bāt gin sām làhm [Cantonese, Yale], dzi² gin³ sy⁶ muk⁹, bat⁷ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ji² gin³ xu⁶ mug⁶, bed¹ gin³ sem¹ lem⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 只見樹木,不見森林
  1. cannot see the forest for the trees; to only pay attention to minor details but ignore the bigger picture Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 見樹不見林/见树不见林 (jiànshùbùjiànlín), 見樹不見林 (jiànshùbùjiànlín), 见树不见林 (jiànshùbùjiànlín)
    Sense id: en-只見樹木,不見森林-zh-phrase-WUNq3uMG Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi

Download JSON data for 只見樹木,不見森林 meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)

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          "roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
          "word": "見樹不見林/见树不见林"
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          "roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
          "word": "見樹不見林"
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          "roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
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      "zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín [Phonetic:zhǐjiànshùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bújiànsēnlín]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhǐhjiànshùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùjiànsenlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih³-chien⁴-shu⁴-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-chien⁴-sên¹-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jř-jyàn-shù-mù-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-jyàn-sēn-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyyjiannshuhmuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bujiannsenlin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжицзяньшуму"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буцзяньсэньлинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiczjanʹšumu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/",
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    {
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        "Yale"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi² gin³ sy⁶ muk⁹, bat⁷ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji² gin³ xu⁶ mug⁶, bed¹ gin³ sem¹ lem⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/"
    }
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  "word": "只見樹木,不見森林"
}
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        "cannot see the forest for the trees; to only pay attention to minor details but ignore the bigger picture"
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          "cannot see the forest for the trees",
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          "only",
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          "pay",
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          "attention",
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "zi² gin³ syu⁶ muk⁶, bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín [Phonetic:zhǐjiànshùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bújiànsēnlín]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhǐhjiànshùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùjiànsenlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih³-chien⁴-shu⁴-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-chien⁴-sên¹-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jř-jyàn-shù-mù-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-jyàn-sēn-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyyjiannshuhmuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bujiannsenlin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжицзяньшуму"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буцзяньсэньлинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiczjanʹšumu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jí gin syuh muhk, bāt gin sām làhm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi² gin³ sy⁶ muk⁹, bat⁷ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji² gin³ xu⁶ mug⁶, bed¹ gin³ sem¹ lem⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
      "word": "見樹不見林/见树不见林"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
      "word": "見樹不見林"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
      "word": "见树不见林"
    }
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}
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