Sit in the well and watch the sky?
Pinyin: Zuo jǐng guān tiān
Explanation: Sit at the bottom of the well and watch the sky. Metaphor is small in vision and little in knowledge.
Source: Tang Hanyu "The Original Road": "Sit in the well and watch the sky, saying that the sky is not small."
For example, my disciple wasted his life and never left the mountain gate. It's really like sitting in the well and watching the sky. ★ Ming, Wu Chengen and the 16th Journey to the West.
Pinyin code: zjgt
Synonym:? A frog in the well is short-sighted and unpredictable.
Antonym:? Well-informed, all-encompassing, impeccable
Two-part allegorical saying: Toad falls in the hanging well.
Riddle: Frogs measure the weather.
Usage: as predicate, object and attribute; Refers to a person with little knowledge.
English: Looking at the sky from the bottom of the well.