蜀犬吠日 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun ; fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things
• alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day

Character by character

• 蜀Shǔthe name of an ancient state
• 犬quǎndog
• 吠fèito bark
• 日rìsun; day; daytime

Idioms sharing a character

• 巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
• 乐不思蜀 lè bù sī Shǔ
• 丧家之犬 sàng jiā zhī quǎn
• 犬马之劳 quǎn mǎ zhī láo
• 画虎类犬 huà hǔ lèi quǎn
• 声色犬马 shēng sè quǎn mǎ
• 鸡犬不宁 jī quǎn bù níng
• 鸡犬不留 jī quǎn bù liú
• 鸡犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān
• 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū

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