井底之蛙

Traditional form:

井底之蛙

Pinyin (reading):

jǐngdǐzhīwā

Definitions:

• lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom)
• fig. a person of limited outlook and experience

Characters:

• 井 - well, mine shaft, pit
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 蛙 - frog

Traditional characters:

• 井 - well, mine shaft, pit
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 蛙 - frog