蜀犬吠日
shǔ​quǎn​fèi​rì

to marvel at the common

  • created reference approved 蜀犬吠日 → 少见多怪/少見多怪 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蜀犬吠日 shǔ​quǎn​fèi​rì

    少见多怪 / 少見多怪 shǎo​jiàn​duō​guài

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  • created sense approved 蜀犬吠日 · shǔ​quǎn​fèi​rì · to marvel at the common — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蜀犬吠日

    shǔ​quǎn​fèi​rì

    to marvel at the common

    Literally "a Sichuan dog barking at the sun"; used to describe a person who is surprised or alarmed by perfectly normal things because of their own lack of experience or narrow perspective. This idiom refers to the foggy climate of Sichuan where the sun is rarely seen.

    蜀 (literal) → 蜀 · shǔ · Sichuan 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog 吠 (literal) → 吠 · fèi · to bark 日 (literal) → 日 · rì · sun

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