蚂蚁爬上了牛角尖，自以为上了高山螞蟻爬上了牛角尖，自以為上了高山螞蟻爬上了牛角尖，自以為上了高山

an ant climbs to the tip of an ox horn and thinks it has climbed a high mountain

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks a person with little experience of the world who thinks they have achieved something great.

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Simplified: 蚂蚁爬上了牛角尖，自以为上了高山
Traditional (Taiwan): 螞蟻爬上了牛角尖，自以為上了高山
Pinyin: mǎyǐ pá shàng le niújiǎojiān, zì yǐwéi shàng le gāoshān
Bopomofo: ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˇ ㄆㄚˊ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ，ㄗˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄍㄠㄕㄢ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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