蟪蛄不知春秋

huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū

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

蟪

huì

(cicada)

蛄

gū

see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]

不

bù

no; not so

知

zhī

to know

春

chūn

spring (season)

秋

qiū

used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]