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斗筲之器
dǒu shāo zhī qì
What 斗筲之器 means
- person narrow-minded and shortsighted
The characters in 斗筲之器
- 斗dòuto fight; to struggle; to condemn
- 筲shāopot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲
- 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
- 器qìdevice; tool; utensil
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