井底之蛙 — Chinese idiom
井底之蛙
jǐng dǐ zhī wā
Meaning
- (lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well
- (fig.) a person of limited outlook and experience
Character by character
- 井jǐngwell, mine shaft, pit
- 底dǐbottom, underside; below, underneath
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 蛙wāfrog
Idioms sharing a character
- 井井有条 jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 井蛙之见 jǐng wā zhī jiàn
- 古井无波 gǔ jǐng wú bō
- 坐井观天 zuò jǐng guān tiān
- 从井救人 cóng jǐng jiù rén
- 背井离乡 bèi jǐng lí xiāng
- 临渴掘井 lín kě jué jǐng
- 临渴穿井 lín kě chuān jǐng
- 落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí
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