created sense approved 蟪蛄不知春秋 · huìgūbùzhīchūnqiū · short-lived — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
蟪蛄不知春秋
huìgūbùzhīchūnqiū
short-lived
literally "the cicada (Platypleura kaempferi) knows neither spring nor autumn"; used to describe a very short life span
蟪 (opaque) → 蟪 · huì · cicada 蛄 (opaque) → 蛄 · gū · mole cricket 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 春 (literal) → 春 · chūn · spring 秋 (literal) → 秋 · qiū · autumn
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 蟪蛄不知春秋 · huìgūbùzhīchūnqiū · to have a narrow perspective — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
蟪蛄不知春秋
huìgūbùzhīchūnqiū
to have a narrow perspective
used to describe someone with very limited experience or a narrow outlook on life
蟪 (opaque) → 蟪 · huì · cicada 蛄 (opaque) → 蛄 · gū · mole cricket 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 春 (literal) → 春 · chūn · spring 秋 (literal) → 秋 · qiū · autumn
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition