蛤蟆坐在井底，只看见碗大的天蛤蟆坐在井底，只看見碗大的天蛤蟆坐在井底，只看見碗大的天

a toad sitting at the bottom of a well: it only sees a sky the size of a bowl

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes a person with a narrow outlook and little knowledge of the world. Mildly critical; close to English 'a frog in a well'.

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Simplified: 蛤蟆坐在井底，只看见碗大的天
Traditional (Taiwan): 蛤蟆坐在井底，只看見碗大的天
Pinyin: háma zuò zài jǐngdǐ, zhǐ kànjiàn wǎn dà de tiān
Bopomofo: ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧˇ，ㄓˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄊㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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