蟪蛄不知春秋

huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū

释义

1. lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture

蟪蛄不知春秋 的构成词

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 不知 bù zhī: not to know
• 春 chūn: spring (season)
• 秋 qiū: autumn
• 春秋 chūn qiū: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
• 知 zhī: to know
• 蛄 gū: see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lóu gū]
• 蟪 huì: (cicada)
• 蟪蛄 huì gū: Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada