坐井觀天

See also: 坐井观天

Chinese

to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.) warn; well
 
to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
day; sky; heaven
trad. (坐井觀天)
simp. (坐井观天)
Literally: “To sit in a well and look at the sky”.

Etymology

See 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā).

Pronunciation


Idiom

坐井觀天

  1. ignorant of the world
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