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蜀犬吠日
Shǔ
quǎn
fèi
rì
lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things
alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
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蜀犬吠日
shǔ
quǎn
fèi
rì
Entry Composition
1
蜀
Shǔ
short name for Sichuan
四川
Sì
chuān
province
one of the Three Kingdoms
三國
Sān
guó
after the Han dynasty, also called
蜀漢
Shǔ
Hàn
, situated around what is now Sichuan province
2
犬
quǎn
(literary) dog
Kangxi radical 94
3
吠
fèi
to bark
4
日
rì
sun
day
date, day of the month