井底

jǐngdǐ
noun #31,283

Meanings

  1. 1 bottom of a well
  2. 2 (figurative, as part of 井底之蛙) narrow worldview

Examples

Tā cóng jǐngdǐ pá le shànglái.
He climbed up from the bottom of the well.
Bié zuò jǐngdǐ zhī wā.
Don't be a frog at the bottom of a well (i.e. don't be narrow-minded).

Tips

culture
井底 is most famous from 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐ zhī wā, "the frog at the bottom of the well") — a classic figure for someone with a narrow, parochial view of the world, originally from 《庄子·》: the well-frog can only see the patch of sky framed by the well's mouth and assumes that's all the sky there is.

Stroke Order

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