蟪蛄不知春秋

lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture

(cicada) / Platypleura kaempferi

Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada

see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

to know / to be aware

old variant of 春[chun1]

surname Chun

spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life

Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)

spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)

autumn / fall / harvest time

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]