1 to fail (a course)

1 universal

2 encyclopedic

3 abbr. for 百科全書|百科全书[bǎi kē quán shū]

1 blind

2 blindly

3 ignorant

4 lacking understanding

1 branch of study

2 administrative section

3 division

4 field

5 branch

6 stage directions

7 family (taxonomy)

8 rules

9 laws

10 to mete out (punishment)

11 to levy (taxes etc)

12 to fine sb

13 classifier: 个 gè

1 science

2 scientific knowledge

3 scientific

4 rational

5 classifier: 门 mén

6 classifier: 个 gè

7 classifier: 种 zhǒng

1 lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)

2 fig. to seek advice from an incompetent

1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest

2 buffoonery

1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture

2 to mistake the part for the whole

3 unable to see the wood for the trees

1 multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture

2 to mistake the part for the whole

3 unable to see the wood for the trees