Daily Chinese Proverb: Frog in a Well

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Saturday, 10 October 2009 0 comments
This Chinese proverb relates to how one can be narrow sighted and even complacent. Nowadays it is used more widely to describe someone who is ignorant of the things around them.井底之蛙jǐng dǐ zhī wāFrog in a wellIt is told, that a sea turtle came upon a frog that lived in an old abandoned well. Upon seeing the turtle, the frog boasted: “Look, I am happy and completely at ease here. Why don’t you come down and join me?" The turtle tried, but...

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