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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 只見樹木不見森林 [ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ; zhi3 jian4 shu4 mu4 bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2]
 unable to see the wood for the trees
 fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
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