[只见树木不见森林 / 只見樹木不見森林, zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ]unable to see the wood for the trees; fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture[Add to Longdo]
[只见树木,不见森林 / 祇見樹木,不見森林, zhǐ jiàn shù mù, bù jiàn sēn lín, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ]only see the trees, but not see the forest (成语 saw, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论); to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture[Add to Longdo]