| 一叶障目 |
yī yè zhàng mù |
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 叶 |
xié |
to be in harmony |
| 叶 |
Yè |
surname Ye |
| 叶 |
yè |
leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats |
| 障 |
zhàng |
to block / to hinder / to obstruct |
| 目 |
mù |
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title |