見樹不見林 in Chinese

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "见树不见林",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "見樹不見林",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to see only the trees but not the forest",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of 只見樹木，不見森林 /只见树木，不见森林 (zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-見樹不見林-zh-phrase-viw8LTQ7",
      "links": [
        [
          "只見樹木，不見森林",
          "只見樹木，不見森林#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只见树木，不见森林",
          "只见树木，不见森林#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "cannot see the forest for the trees",
          "cannot see the forest for the trees"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "只見樹木"
        },
        {
          "extra": "zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "不見森林 /只见树木"
        },
        {
          "extra": "zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "不见森林"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànshùbùjiànlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ syu⁶ bat¹ gin³ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànshùbùjiànlín [Phonetic: jiànshùbújiànlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànshùbùjiànlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-shu⁴-pu⁴-chien⁴-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-shù-bù-jyàn-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannshuhbujiannlin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹšubuczjanʹlinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньшубуцзяньлинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ lin³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ syu⁶ bat¹ gin³ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin syuh bāt gin làhm"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ sy⁶ bat⁷ gin³ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ xu⁶ bed¹ gin³ lem⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ syː²² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ lɐm²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見樹不見林"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "见树不见林",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "見樹不見林",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to see only the trees but not the forest",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 林",
        "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",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of 只見樹木，不見森林 /只见树木，不见森林 (zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "只見樹木，不見森林",
          "只見樹木，不見森林#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只见树木，不见森林",
          "只见树木，不见森林#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "cannot see the forest for the trees",
          "cannot see the forest for the trees"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "只見樹木"
        },
        {
          "extra": "zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "不見森林 /只见树木"
        },
        {
          "extra": "zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín, “cannot see the forest for the trees”",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "不见森林"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànshùbùjiànlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ syu⁶ bat¹ gin³ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànshùbùjiànlín [Phonetic: jiànshùbújiànlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànshùbùjiànlín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-shu⁴-pu⁴-chien⁴-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-shù-bù-jyàn-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannshuhbujiannlin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹšubuczjanʹlinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньшубуцзяньлинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ lin³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ syu⁶ bat¹ gin³ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin syuh bāt gin làhm"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ sy⁶ bat⁷ gin³ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gin³ xu⁶ bed¹ gin³ lem⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn³³ syː²² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ lɐm²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見樹不見林"
}

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"見樹不見林" meaning in Chinese

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