見樹不見林

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	tree	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	woods; forest
trad. (見樹不見林)		見	樹	不	見	林
simp. (见树不见林)		见	树	不	见	林
Literally: “to see only the trees but not the forest”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànshùbùjiànlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ syu⁶ bat¹ gin³ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànshùbùjiànlín [Phonetic: jiànshùbújiànlín]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànshùbùjiànlín
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-shu⁴-pu⁴-chien⁴-lin²
    • Yale: jyàn-shù-bù-jyàn-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshuhbujiannlin
    • Palladius: цзяньшубуцзяньлинь (czjanʹšubuczjanʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ syu⁶ bat¹ gin³ lam⁴
    • Yale: gin syuh bāt gin làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ sy⁶ bat⁷ gin³ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ xu⁶ bed¹ gin³ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ syː²² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ lɐm²¹/

Idiom

見樹不見林

1. 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”)