不识庐山真面目

Traditional: 不識廬山真面目

bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù

Dictionary entry

lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom)

What does 不识庐山真面目 mean?

不识庐山真面目 (bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom)

2fig. can't see the forest for the trees

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-识shíto know · knowledge 庐Lúsurname Lu · Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui 山Shānsurname Shan 真zhēnreally · truly 面miànface · side 目mùeye · (literary) to look; to regard

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不识庐山真面目

bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù

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