▸ 一只yī zhī青蛙qīng wā住zhù在zài井jǐng里lǐ。

A frog lived in a well.

▸ 它tā每天měi tiān从cóng井jǐng里lǐ看kàn天tiān。

Every day it looked at the sky from inside the well.

▸ 它tā说shuō：“天tiān只有zhǐ yǒu一点点yī diǎn diǎn大dà。”

It said, "The sky is only a tiny bit big."

▸ 一只yī zhī小鸟xiǎo niǎo飞来fēi lái，坐在zuò zài井jǐng边biān。

A little bird flew over and sat at the edge of the well.

▸ 小鸟xiǎo niǎo说shuō：“不对bù duì，天tiān很大hěn dà很大hěn dà。”

The bird said, "That's not right. The sky is very, very big."

▸ 青蛙qīng wā不bù相信xiāng xìn，笑了xiào le起来qǐ lai。

The frog did not believe it and started to laugh.

▸ 小鸟xiǎo niǎo说shuō：“你nǐ跳tiào出来chū lái看看kàn kan吧ba。”

The bird said, "Jump out and take a look."

▸ 青蛙qīng wā跳出tiào chū井jǐng，看到kàn dào了le很大hěn dà的de天tiān。

The frog jumped out of the well and saw the huge sky.

▸ 它tā说shuō：“原来yuán lái我wǒ知道zhī dào的de太tài少了shǎo le！”

It said, "So I knew far too little!"

▸ 这个zhè ge成语chéng yǔ是shì“井底之蛙jǐng dǐ zhī wā”。

This idiom is "a frog at the bottom of a well."

▸ 意思yì si是shì：一个人yī gè rén看到kàn dào的de很少hěn shǎo，懂dǒng的de也yě很少hěn shǎo。

It means: a person who has seen very little and understands very little.

▸ 例句lì jù：不要bù yào做zuò井底之蛙jǐng dǐ zhī wā，多duō出去chū qù看看kàn kan吧ba！

Example: Don't be a frog in a well — go out and see more!

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