See 只見樹木，不見森林 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "只见树木，不见森林",
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"simp. ("
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to see only the trees but not the forest",
"pos": "phrase",
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"glosses": [
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],
"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",
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[
"pay",
"pay"
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[
"attention",
"attention"
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"minor",
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[
"details",
"details"
],
[
"ignore",
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[
"bigger picture",
"bigger picture"
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"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
"word": "見樹不見林"
},
{
"roman": "jiànshùbùjiànlín",
"word": "见树不见林"
}
],
"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"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùjiànsēnlín [Phonetic: zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bújiànsēnlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jhǐhjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùjiànsenlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chih³-chien⁴-shu⁴-mu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chien⁴-sên¹-lin²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jř-jyàn-shù-mù-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-jyàn-sēn-lín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jyyjiannshuhmuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bujiannsenlin"
},
{
"roman": "čžiczjanʹšumu, buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чжицзяньшуму"
},
{
"roman": "čžiczjanʹšumu, buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "буцзяньсэньлинь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zi² gin³ syu⁶ muk⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jí gin syuh muhk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt gin sām làhm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzi² gin³ sy⁶ muk⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bat⁷ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ji² gin³ xu⁶ mug⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ gin³ sem¹ lem⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "只見樹木，不見森林"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to see only the trees but not the forest",
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"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"
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[
"details",
"details"
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[
"ignore",
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"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
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"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"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùjiànsēnlín [Phonetic: zhǐjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bújiànsēnlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jhǐhjiànshùmù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùjiànsenlín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chih³-chien⁴-shu⁴-mu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chien⁴-sên¹-lin²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jř-jyàn-shù-mù-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-jyàn-sēn-lín"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jyyjiannshuhmuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bujiannsenlin"
},
{
"roman": "čžiczjanʹšumu, buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чжицзяньшуму"
},
{
"roman": "čžiczjanʹšumu, buczjanʹsɛnʹlinʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "буцзяньсэньлинь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zi² gin³ syu⁶ muk⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jí gin syuh muhk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt gin sām làhm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzi² gin³ sy⁶ muk⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bat⁷ gin³ sam¹ lam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ji² gin³ xu⁶ mug⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ gin³ sem¹ lem⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ kiːn³³ syː²² mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"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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