expression
Idiomatic expression.- to not see the forest for the trees, to not see the wood for the trees, to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture.
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木を見て森を見ず
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きをみてもりをみず
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Contained Kanji Breakdown
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
forest, woods
もり シン もと (1st, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
grove, forest
リン はやし し (1st, N2)