Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

ếch ngồi đáy giếng biết đâu là giời

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Meaning · English

The frog at the well's bottom — sure the sky is exactly one well-mouth wide.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

chỉ biết thế giới xung quanh mình

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Literally: frog seated in the well-floor: where would the sky be

Examples

Ếch ngồi đáy giếng coi trời bằng vung.The well-bottom frog rates the sky at one lid wide.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “ếch ngồi đáy giếng biết đâu là giời” mean?

The frog at the well's bottom — sure the sky is exactly one well-mouth wide. Literally: frog seated in the well-floor: where would the sky be

Is “ếch ngồi đáy giếng biết đâu là giời” formal or informal?

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