笼子里的斑鸠，不知春秋籠子里的斑鳩，不知春秋籠子里的斑鳩，不知春秋

a turtledove in a cage: doesn't know spring from autumn

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes someone shut away or ignorant of what is going on outside, or with no sense of time or season.

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Simplified: 笼子里的斑鸠，不知春秋
Traditional (Taiwan): 籠子里的斑鳩，不知春秋
Pinyin: lóngzi lǐ de bānjiū, bùzhī chūnqiū
Bopomofo: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄅㄢㄐㄧㄡ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄔㄨㄣㄑㄧㄡ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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