see little of the world and hear little of what is going on outside

see little of the world and hear little of what is going on outside

Little known, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ǎ Ji à nxi ǎ NW é n, to describe the shallow knowledge, not widely known, poor knowledge. It comes from Wang Bao's four sons on morality.

The origin of Idioms

In Wang Bao's four sons' theory of morality, it is said that "the slang people don't know, but they don't know much about it."

Idiom usage

I don't know whether the director of the neighborhood committee is the same as the director of the villagers' committee, or even what level of "senior officials" they are.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: ignorant; antonym: knowledgeable