坐井观天
zuò​jǐng​guān​tiān

ignorant and narrow-minded

  • created sense approved 坐井观天/坐井觀天 · zuò​jǐng​guān​tiān · ignorant and narrow-minded — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐井观天 / 坐井觀天

    zuò​jǐng​guān​tiān

    ignorant and narrow-minded

    to have a very limited perspective or narrow outlook; literally meaning to look at the sky from the bottom of a well.

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 井 (literal) → 井 · jǐng · well 观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky

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