一叶障目 meaning in English
cannot see the wood for the trees
care and diligence bring luck
Examples
- Sometimes it ' s really hard to see the forest through the sleeves
可有时候就是一叶障目,不见泰山 - Such avoidance is a recipe for an employee blindsiding
这种回避问题的方式倒是避免员工一叶障目的良方。 - But some comrades of us violated the principles of historical materialism and totally ignored the historical facts of his enormous contribution
而我们中的有些同志就抓住他的几个错误,一叶障目,完全不顾他巨大功绩的历史事实。 - But just as old saving words : " a front leaf will make the whole forest missing " . research and analysis will tend to diversion or even complete fault if we limit them on firm details or fragments
但正如俗语所言: “一叶障目,不见森林” ,分析、研究问题过分地局限于具体问题或细节上,很容易误导视线使之偏离历史长期发展方向,最终得出的结论不但是片面的,而且很可能是错误的。