dǒu shāo zhī qì

斗筲之器 (dǒu shāo zhī qì) is a Chinese word meaning “person narrow-minded and shortsighted”.

Meanings

  1. 1person narrow-minded and shortsighted

Characters in 斗筲之器

斗dǒu · dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]筲shāo · pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])器qì · device

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid武器weapon之一one of (sth)之类and so on器device战斗to fight机器machine之中inside机器人robot; android

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