Definition of 井蛙は以って海を語る可からず (せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず)

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井蛙は以って海を語る可からず

せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず

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View details for kanji: 井View details for kanji: 蛙View details for kanji: 以View details for kanji: 海View details for kanji: 語View details for kanji: 可
expression
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a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world, a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it(proverb)
See also:井の中の蛙大海を知らず (いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず),  井蛙 (せいあ)
Related Kanji
井 well, well crib, town, community
蛙 frog
以 by means of, because, in view of, compared with
海 sea, ocean
語 word, speech, language
可 can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not