字词 | 夏虫不可(以)语冰, (井蛙不可以谈天)。 |
释义 | 夏虫不可(以)语冰, (井蛙不可以谈天)。 Xià chóng bù kě(yǐ) yǔ bīng; (jǐngwā bù kěyǐ tán tiān). 夏蟲不可(以)語冰, (井蛙不可以談天)。 Lit [To a] summer insect, [one] cannot speak of ice; ([to] a frog-in-a-well, [one] cannot speak of the sky). Fig Shallow people are always narrow-minded, (so don't waste your time talking with them). Note [Cf. Zhuāngzǐ: Qiū Shuǐ; Èr Kè Pāi'àn Jīngqí, chap. 37; note: jǐngwā or jǐngdǐzhīwā refers to a person with a very limited outlook on life, and tántiān, (lit) “to talk [about the] sky,” as an idiom means “to chat with; to engage in casual conversation”; see also huìgū bù zhī and jǐngwā bù kěyǐ above.] Topics Èr Kè Pāi'àn Jīngqí FOOLS idiom jǐngdǐzhīwā jǐngwā NARROW-MINDEDNESS NARROWNESS Qiū Shuǐ TALK tántiān Zhuāngzǐ |
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