jǐng dǐ zhī wā

井底之蛙 (jǐng dǐ zhī wā) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); fig. a person of limited outlook and experience”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom)
  2. 2fig. a person of limited outlook and experience

Characters in 井底之蛙

井jǐng · a well底de · (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])蛙wā · frog

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind到底finally之间(after a noun) between; among; amid底(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)底bottom; base之一one of (sth)之类and so on彻底thorough之中inside总之in a word

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