斗筲之器
dǒu​shāo​zhī​qì

narrow-minded person

  • created sense approved 斗筲之器 · dǒu​shāo​zhī​qì · narrow-minded person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗筲之器

    dǒu​shāo​zhī​qì

    narrow-minded person

    a person who is narrow-minded and shortsighted; can also be used as a self-depreciating way to describe one's own humble or shallow abilities

    斗筲 (literal) → 斗筲 · dǒu​shāo · narrow-minded 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 器 (literal) → 器 · qì · capacity

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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