井底之蛙
zeng2 dai2 zi1 waa1jing3di3zhi1wa1jǐng dǐ zhī wā
English
- (lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom)
- (idiom) Hillbilly
- (fig.) a person of limited outlook and experience
- a narrow-minded, ignorant, but complacent person; literally 'a frog in the bottom of the well'
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喺井底生活、𩓥高個頭淨係見到一小片天嘅青蛙;攞嚟比喻一啲見識淺薄,但係又以為自己好巴閉嘅人
Examples
井底之蛙。
The frog in the well.
Tatoeba · Zifre CC BY
他就像井底之蛙。
He is like a frog in a well.
Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk