"坐井觀天" meaning in 漢語

See 坐井觀天 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 坐井观天 [Simplified Chinese]
Etymology: 與井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā)相關。出自唐.韓愈《原道》:
  1. 人眼界狹小,見識不廣 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-坐井觀天-zh-phrase-zZeQT9VV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "ref": "c. 9世紀早期,韓愈《原道》",
      "roman": "Lǎozǐ zhī xiǎo rényì, fēi huǐ zhī yě, qí jiàn zhě xiǎo yě. Zuò jǐng ér guān tiān, yuē “tiān xiǎo” zhě, fēi tiān xiǎo yě.",
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      "text": "老子之小仁義,非毀之也,其見者小也。坐井而觀天,曰「天小」者,非天小也。",
      "translation": "老子輕視仁義,並非要詆毀仁義,只是他的眼界狹小。就像坐在井底仰望天空,卻說天空很小的人,但其實天空並不小。"
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      "ref": "c. 9世紀早期,韓愈《原道》",
      "roman": "Lǎozǐ zhī xiǎo rényì, fēi huǐ zhī yě, qí jiàn zhě xiǎo yě. Zuò jǐng ér guān tiān, yuē “tiān xiǎo” zhě, fēi tiān xiǎo yě.",
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      "translation": "老子輕視仁義,並非要詆毀仁義,只是他的眼界狹小。就像坐在井底仰望天空,卻說天空很小的人,但其實天空並不小。"
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      "form": "坐井观天",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "坐在井底仰望天空",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòjǐngguāntiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo⁶ zeng² gun¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòjǐngguāntiān"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòjǐngguantian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴-ching³-kuan¹-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò-jǐng-gwān-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuohjiingguantian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзоцзингуаньтянь (czoczinguanʹtjanʹ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
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        "Jyutping"
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    },
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        "Yale",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "joh jéng gūn tīn"
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        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzo⁶ dzeng² gun¹ tin¹"
    },
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo⁶ zéng² gun¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔː²² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
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  "word": "坐井觀天"
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    "帶「天」的漢語詞",
    "帶「觀」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
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      "roman": "Lǎozǐ zhī xiǎo rényì, fēi huǐ zhī yě, qí jiàn zhě xiǎo yě. Zuò jǐng ér guān tiān, yuē “tiān xiǎo” zhě, fēi tiān xiǎo yě.",
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      "text": "老子之小仁義,非毀之也,其見者小也。坐井而觀天,曰「天小」者,非天小也。",
      "translation": "老子輕視仁義,並非要詆毀仁義,只是他的眼界狹小。就像坐在井底仰望天空,卻說天空很小的人,但其實天空並不小。"
    },
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      "ref": "c. 9世紀早期,韓愈《原道》",
      "roman": "Lǎozǐ zhī xiǎo rényì, fēi huǐ zhī yě, qí jiàn zhě xiǎo yě. Zuò jǐng ér guān tiān, yuē “tiān xiǎo” zhě, fēi tiān xiǎo yě.",
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      "text": "老子之小仁义,非毁之也,其见者小也。坐井而观天,曰「天小」者,非天小也。",
      "translation": "老子輕視仁義,並非要詆毀仁義,只是他的眼界狹小。就像坐在井底仰望天空,卻說天空很小的人,但其實天空並不小。"
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  "etymology_text": "與井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā)相關。出自唐.韓愈《原道》:",
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  "literal_meaning": "坐在井底仰望天空",
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        "人眼界狹小,見識不廣"
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      "zh_pron": "zuòjǐngguāntiān"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo⁶ zeng² gun¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòjǐngguāntiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòjǐngguantian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴-ching³-kuan¹-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò-jǐng-gwān-tyān"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuohjiingguantian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзоцзингуаньтянь (czoczinguanʹtjanʹ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "zh_pron": "zo⁶ zeng² gun¹ tin¹"
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        "廣州–香港話"
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        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "joh jéng gūn tīn"
    },
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
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        "Pinyin"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo⁶ zéng² gun¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔː²² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
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