HSK 2 Chinese reading practice

井底之蛙

jǐng dǐ zhī wā

The Frog in the Well

A frog who thinks the sky is tiny finally jumps beyond the rim of its well.

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A small view of a large world

井底之蛙, literally ‘a frog at the bottom of a well,’ describes someone whose limited experience makes the world seem smaller than it is. The image appears in the Daoist classic Zhuangzi.

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