Jing Di Zhi Wa - The Frog at the Bottom of the Well

Synopsis

A famous Chinese idiom about a frog living in a shallow well who thinks it is the whole world. It means being narrow-minded.

Meaning

Jing Di Zhi Wa literally means the frog at the bottom of a well. It describes someone with a narrow view of the world.

The Story

A frog lived happily in a shallow well until a giant turtle from the Eastern Sea described the vast ocean. The frog was stunned to realize how small his world really was.

References

1. Zhuangzi, Autumn Floods
2. Dictionary of Chinese Idioms