井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā

fig. a person of limited outlook and experience

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 36590th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
井 jǐng HSK 6
a well; neat; orderly
底 dǐ HSK 4
bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc)
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
蛙 wā
frog; old variant of 蛙wā