夏蟲不可語冰

夏虫不可语冰
xiàchóngbùkěyǔbīng

One cannot engage in meaningful discussions with people with only superficial knowledge or narrow experience

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 夏蟲 xiàchóng
  1. (literary) “summer insects”; insects that are active only during summer
  2. “summer insects”; insects that are active only during summer
2 不可 bùkě cannot; should not; must not
=3 語 yǔ
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech
=3 語 yù (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
=4 冰 bīng
  1. ice
  2. to chill sth
  3. (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  4. (of a person) cold
  5. unfriendly
  6. (slang) methamphetamine

classifier: 塊
=4 冰 bīng variant of 冰 bīng