井 jǐng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 — two
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
井底之蛙
jǐngdǐzhīwā
a frog at the bottom of a well; someone with a narrow outlook
Characters in this word
底 dǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 氐 the name of an ancient tribe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
蛙 wā
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 虫 — insect, worm
- Made of
- 虫 insect, worm 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果只依据本地经验判断全球市场，我们很容易变成井底之蛙。 Rúguǒ zhǐ yījù běndì jīngyàn pànduàn quánqiú shìchǎng, wǒmen hěn róngyì biànchéng jǐngdǐzhīwā. If we judge the global market only by local experience, we can easily become narrow-minded.
- 多出去走走看看，不要做井底之蛙。 Duō chūqù zǒuzou kànkan, bú yào zuò jǐngdǐzhīwā. Get out and see more; don't be a frog in a well.
- 他从没离开过小镇，难免有点井底之蛙的想法。 Tā cóng méi líkāi guo xiǎozhèn, nánmiǎn yǒudiǎn jǐngdǐzhīwā de xiǎngfǎ. He has never left the small town, so he inevitably thinks a little narrowly.
Related words
- 井 jǐng well
- 到底 dàodǐ really (for emphasis in questions)
- 底下 dǐxia under; below
- 年底 niándǐ end of the year
- 彻底 chèdǐ thoroughly
- 底 dǐ bottom
- 月底 yuèdǐ end of the month
- 心底 xīndǐ bottom of the heart
- 底层 dǐcéng lowest level; grassroots; underlying layer
- 底线 dǐxiàn bottom line; baseline
- 底蕴 dǐyùn depth; accumulated heritage
- 底子 dǐzi foundation; basic condition