井の中の蛙

いのなかのかわず

Meanings

1. Expression person who is ignorant of the real world (literally: frog in a well)

Kanji

• 井 well. Read as い.
• 中 middle. Read as なか.
• 蛙 frog. Read as かわず.

Example sentences

• 井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。
  He who stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.

Words containing 井の中の蛙

• 井の中の蛙、大海を知らず (いのなかのかわず、たいかいをしらず) the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean

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