不识庐山真面目不識廬山真面目

bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù

Meaning

lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom); fig. can't see the forest for the trees

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不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一识shíknowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know讠只庐lúhut, cottage; the name of a mountain广户山shānmountain, hill, peak凵丨真zhēnreal, actual, true, genuine直几面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic口二