蟪蛄不知春秋
Traditional form:
蟪蛄不知春秋
Pinyin (reading):
huìgūbùzhīchūnqiū
Definitions:
- lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture
Characters:
- 蟪 - a kind of cicada; Platypleura
- 蛄 - mole cricket
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
- 秋 - autumn, fall; year
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