坐井观天
坐井观天
zuò jǐng guān tiān
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
idiom
Traditional: 坐井觀天
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- (idiom) lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
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Related Words
井蛙之见(jǐng wā zhī jiàn)— the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
→井底之蛙(jǐng dǐ zhī wā)— the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)
→一回生二回熟(yī huí shēng èr huí shú)— unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
→一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳(yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng)— bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
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