蜀犬吠日

Shǔ quǎn fèi rì

Dictionary entry

lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things

What does 蜀犬吠日 mean?

蜀犬吠日 (Shǔ quǎn fèi rì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things

2alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day

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蜀Shǔshort name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province · one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province 犬quǎn(literary) dog · Kangxi radical 94 吠fèito bark 日rì(bound form) sun · day

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