蜀犬吠日

Shǔquǎnfèirì
  1. lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things
  2. alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day

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蜀犬吠日 shǔquǎnfèirì

Entry Composition

1 蜀 Shǔ
  1. short name for Sichuan 四川 Sìchuān province
  2. one of the Three Kingdoms 三国 Sānguó after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀汉 Shǔ Hàn, situated around what is now Sichuan province
2 犬 quǎn
  1. (literary) dog
  2. Kangxi radical 94
3 吠 fèi to bark
4 日 rì
  1. sun
  2. day
  3. date, day of the month