蜀犬吠日 — Chinese idiom
蜀犬吠日
Shǔ quǎn fèi rì
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
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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