Toad in the well

Toad in the well

Toad (J ǐ NGD ǐ h á m á)

Explanation refers to the toad at the bottom of the well. It refers to a man without knowledge

Chen Ruyuan of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of the Golden Lotus playing silk: "I've read a lot of people. I'm all toads at the bottom of the well, not Linfeng in the Central Plains."

usage

It has a derogatory meaning

Discrimination of words

A frog in the well: when did you ever see the big day! (Chapter 46, volume two, part one of wind and thunder by Chen Dengke)

allusion

A long time ago, a frog who lived in an abandoned well and never jumped out of the well was satisfied with food and drink. One day, he asked the turtle how big the sky was. The turtle told him how vast the sky was. The frog could not understand what the turtle described. He always thought that the sky was just as big as the mouth of the well