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蜀犬吠日

Shǔ quǎn fèi rì

4-character word

What 蜀犬吠日 means

1. lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things
2. alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day

The characters in 蜀犬吠日

• 蜀Shǔshort name for Sichuan 四川; one of the Three Kingdoms 三国
• 犬quǎn(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
• 吠fèito bark
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month

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