池里的鱼虾不知道大海大，笼里的鸡鸭不知道天空宽池里的魚蝦不知道大海大，籠里的雞鴨不知道天空寬池里的魚蝦不知道大海大，籠里的雞鴨不知道天空寬

fish and shrimp in a pond don't know how big the sea is; chickens and ducks in a coop don't know how wide the sky is

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: People who live in a narrow setting have narrow horizons and little knowledge. Compare "a frog in a well".

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Simplified: 池里的鱼虾不知道大海大，笼里的鸡鸭不知道天空宽
Traditional (Taiwan): 池里的魚蝦不知道大海大，籠里的雞鴨不知道天空寬
Pinyin: Chí lǐ de yúxiā bù zhīdào dàhǎi dà, lóng lǐ de jī yā bù zhīdào tiānkōng kuān
Bopomofo: ㄔˊ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄚㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄚˋ，ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄐㄧㄧㄚㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥㄎㄨㄢ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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