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井底之蛙

jǐng dǐ zhī wā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

井底之蛙 (jǐng dǐ zhī wā) means "(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); (fig.) a person of limited outlook and experience". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 井底之蛙 means

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

The characters in 井底之蛙

• 井jǐnga well; neat; orderly
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 蛙wāfrog

Example sentences

• 井底之蛙。
  Jǐngdǐzhīwā.
  A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean.
• 他就像井底之蛙。
  Tā jiù xiàng jǐngdǐzhīwā.
  He is like a frog in a well.

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