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

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 ʃyː²² pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ lɐm²¹/

Idiom

見樹不見林

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”)

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