Definition
井底 literally means 'bottom of a well' or 'bottom of a mine shaft'. It is most commonly encountered in the idiom 井底之蛙 (frog at the bottom of a well), which describes someone with a very narrow outlook due to limited experience. You can use the literal sense in mining or well contexts, but the figurative idiom is far more frequent in everyday speech and writing.
p.w.
bottom of a well or mine shaft
Examples
- ，。Tā jiù xiàng yì zhī jǐng de zhī wā, bù zhīdào wàimiàn de shìjiè yǒu duō dà.He is like a frog at the bottom of a well, unaware of how big the outside world is.
- 井底。Gōngrénmen zhèngzài qīnglǐ jǐng de de yūní.The workers are cleaning the silt at the bottom of the well.
- 井底，。Zhège kuàngjǐng de jǐng de hěn shēn, xūyào xiǎoxīn.The bottom of this mine shaft is very deep; need to be careful.
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