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Japanese
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Etymology
Calque of Literary Chinese 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā), referring literally to “a frog at the bottom of a well”. Originally from Zhuangzi.
Pronunciation
Idiom
井底の蛙 • (seitei no kawazu) ←せいていのかわづ (seitei no kawadu)?
- a person of very limited outlook and experience
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