(Pin yin) zuò jǐng guān tiān
(Chinese) 坐井观天
(Translation) narrow-mindedness
Word by word English translation:
坐 sit
井 well
观 see
天 sky
Sample sentence:
wǒ yào dào wài miàn de shì jiè kàn kàn ，bú néng zuò jǐng guān tiān 。
我要到外面的世界看看，不能坐井观天。
I want to have a look the outside world, not narrow-mindedness.
(Pin yin) zuò jiǎn zì fù
(Chinese) 作茧自缚
(Translation) spin a cocoon around oneself
Word by word English translation:
作 make
茧 Cocoon
自 self
缚 bind
Sample sentence:
wǒ shuō le nà me duō de huǎng huà ，zhēn shì zuò jiǎn zì fù 。
我说了那么多的谎话，真是作茧自缚。
I said so many lies, it is in a cocoon around oneself.
