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蜀犬吠日 (suk6 hyun2 fai6 jat6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

蜀犬吠日 (suk6 hyun2 fai6 jat6, Shǔ quǎn fèi rì) — lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things; alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 蜀國 (suk6 gwok3) — Sichuan; the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods; the Shu Han dynasty …
• 蜀山 (suk6 saan1) — see 蜀山區|蜀山区[Shu3 shan1 Qu1]
• 蜀山區 (suk6 saan1 keoi1) — Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
• 蜀漢 (suk6 hon3) — Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, c…
• 蜀相 (suk6 soeng3) — the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4])
• 蜀葵 (suk6 kwai4) — hollyhock (Alcea rosea)

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