English Explanatory Dictionary

finger pointing at the moon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Something serving to indicate, as opposed to the thing being indicated.

Word forms

finger pointing at the moon fingers pointing at the moon

Etymology

From Buddhism.

Related words

the map is not the territory

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