井底之蛙 — Chinese idiom

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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