一葉障目,不見泰山
Chinese edit
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
leaf; page | to block; to hinder; to obstruct | eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
to not see; to not meet | Mount Tai | |||
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trad. (一葉障目,不見泰山) | 一 | 葉 | 障 | 目 | , | 不見 | 泰山 | |
simp. (一叶障目,不见泰山) | 一 | 叶 | 障 | 目 | , | 不见 | 泰山 | |
Literally: “a leaf before the eye shuts out Mount Tai”. |
Pronunciation edit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄇㄨˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yi yè jhàng mù, bù jiàn Tàishan
- Wade–Giles: i1 yeh4 chang4 mu4, pu4 chien4 Tʻai4-shan1
- Yale: yī yè jàng mù-, bù jyàn Tài-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i yeh janq muh, bu jiann Tayshan
- Palladius: и е чжан му, бу цзянь Тайшань (i je čžan mu, bu czjanʹ Tajšanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom edit
一葉障目,不見泰山
- to have one's view of the important overshadowed by the trivial
Synonyms edit
- 一葉蔽目,不見泰山/一叶蔽目,不见泰山 (yī yè bì mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
- 一指蔽目,不見泰山/一指蔽目,不见泰山 (yī zhǐ bì mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)