See 只見樹木，不見森林 on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "只见树木，不见森林",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to see only the trees but not the forest",
"pos": "phrase",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"glosses": [
"cannot see the forest for the trees; to only pay attention to minor details but ignore the bigger picture"
],
"id": "en-只見樹木，不見森林-zh-phrase-WUNq3uMG",
"links": [
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"cannot see the forest for the trees",
"cannot see the forest for the trees"
],
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"pay",
"pay"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
],
[
"minor",
"minor"
],
[
"details",
"details"
],
[
"ignore",
"ignore"
],
[
"bigger picture",
"bigger picture"
]
],
"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"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zi² gin³ syu⁶ muk⁶, bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín [Phonetic:zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bújiànsēnlín]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jhǐhjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjiànsenlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chih³-chien⁴-shu⁴-mu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-chien⁴-sên¹-lin²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jř-jyàn-shù-mù-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-jyàn-sēn-lín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyyjiannshuhmuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bujiannsenlin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "чжицзяньшуму"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "буцзяньсэньлинь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "čžiczjanʹšumu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"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/"
}
],
"word": "只見樹木，不見森林"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "只见树木，不见森林",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
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},
"expansion": "只見樹木，不見森林",
"name": "head"
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to see only the trees but not the forest",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 只",
"Chinese terms spelled with 木",
"Chinese terms spelled with 林",
"Chinese terms spelled with 森",
"Chinese terms spelled with 樹",
"Chinese terms spelled with 見",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
"cannot see the forest for the trees; to only pay attention to minor details but ignore the bigger picture"
],
"links": [
[
"cannot see the forest for the trees",
"cannot see the forest for the trees"
],
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"pay",
"pay"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
],
[
"minor",
"minor"
],
[
"details",
"details"
],
[
"ignore",
"ignore"
],
[
"bigger picture",
"bigger picture"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zi² gin³ syu⁶ muk⁶, bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjiànsēnlín [Phonetic:zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bújiànsēnlín]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jhǐhjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjiànsenlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chih³-chien⁴-shu⁴-mu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-chien⁴-sên¹-lin²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jř-jyàn-shù-mù-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-jyàn-sēn-lín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyyjiannshuhmuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bujiannsenlin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "чжицзяньшуму"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "буцзяньсэньлинь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "čžiczjanʹšumu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"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"
}
],
"word": "只見樹木，不見森林"
}
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