| 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 |
| 蜀 |
Shǔ |
short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province |
| 犬 |
quǎn |
(literary) dog / Kangxi radical 94 |
| 吠 |
fèi |
to bark |
| 日 |
rì |
(bound form) sun / day / day of the month / (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本) / (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with |