Salamander
The Chinese idiom, CH ǐ Z é zh ī n í in pinyin, refers to people with short knowledge. It's from asking the king of Chu.
The origin of Idioms
Song Yu of Chu in the Warring States period asked the king of Chu: "how can a man like a salamander measure the size of the river and the sea?"
Idiom usage
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Salamander
A tiger in the front door, a wolf in the back - qián mén jù hǔ,hòu mén jìn láng
Tao and Yi belong to each other - dào jìn xiāng shǔ
Looking from the east to the West - dōng wàng xī guān
turn material resources to good account - wù jìn qí yòng
have all kinds of connections with - qiān sī wàn lǚ