夏虫不可以语冰

xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng

Definitions

1. a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)

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Child Words of 夏虫不可以语冰

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 以 以 yǐ: to use
• 冰 冰 bīng: ice
• 可 可 kě: can
• 可以 可以 kě yǐ: can
• 夏 夏 xià: summer
• 不可 不可 bù kě: cannot; should not; must not
• 不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ: may not
• 虫 虫 chóng: lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
• 语 语 yǔ: dialect
• 语 语 yù: to tell to