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上知天文,下知地理

上知天文,下知地理

Chinese

 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
to know; to be aware astronomy
 
under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
to know; to be aware geography
simp. and trad.
(上知天文,下知地理)
天文 地理
Literally: “know the astronomy above, and know the geography below”.

Idiom

上知天文,下知地理

  1. describes someone who is very learned; a polymath