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蟪蛄不知春秋 (wai6 gu1 bat1 zi1 ceon1 cau1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

蟪蛄不知春秋 (wai6 gu1 bat1 zi1 ceon1 cau1, huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū) — "the short-lived cicada knows nothing of spring or autumn" (from the Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); (fig.) to have a limited perspective

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 蟪蛄 (wai6 gu1) — Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada
• 位址 (wai6 zi2) — Location
• 位置 (wai6 zi3) — (noun) location
• 位能 (wai6 nang4) — potential energy
• 偉大 (wai5 daai6) — (slang) (of woman's breast) 1. big; (adjective) magnificent
• 唯心 (wai4 sam1) — reality as we know it; idealism

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