蟪蛄不知春秋
huìgūbùzhīchūnqiū
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- 1"the short-lived cicada knows nothing of spring or autumn" (from the Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); (fig.) to have a limited perspective
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