越犬吠雪
yuè​quǎn​fèi​xuě

to be surprised by common things

  • created reference approved 越犬吠雪 → 粤犬吠雪/粵犬吠雪 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    越犬吠雪 yuè​quǎn​fèi​xuě

    粤犬吠雪 / 粵犬吠雪 yuè​quǎn​fèi​xuě

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  • created sense approved 越犬吠雪 · yuè​quǎn​fèi​xuě · to be surprised by common things — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    越犬吠雪

    yuè​quǎn​fèi​xuě

    to be surprised by common things

    (idiom) to express surprise at something common due to one's own ignorance; literally means the dogs of the south bark at the snow because they rarely see it

    越 (literal) → 越 · yuè · Yue state 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog 吠 (literal) → 吠 · fèi · to bark 雪 (literal) → 雪 · xuě · snow

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

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