不見森林 (bat1 gin3 sam1 lam4) — fail to see the wood for the trees in Cantonese | HKDictionary

batˉ¹不gin˗₃見samˉ¹森lamˎ₄林

简不见森林

Mandarin Pinyin: bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2

Meaning of 不見森林

nounfail to see the wood for the trees

Characters in 不見森林

meet; call on; visit

dark and obscure; severe

circles; many; numerous; a great body of (capable persons, etc.)

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