蟪蛄不知春秋 in English hui4 gu1 bu4 zhi1 chun1 qiu1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; metaphorically to see only a small piece of the big picture

Simplified Characters

蟪 蛄 不 知 春 秋

Traditional Characters

蟪 蛄 不 知 春 秋

Pinyin

hui4 gu1 bu4 zhi1 chun1 qiu1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

蟪hui4(cicada) 蛄gu1see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1] 不bu4(negative prefix) 知zhi1to know 春chun1old variant of 春[chun1] 秋qiu1surname Qiu