局天蹐地jú tiān jí dìstoop under the high heavens,and walk daintily on the thick earth—in straitened circumstances
? 謂天蓋高，不敢不局；謂地蓋厚，不敢不蹐。(《詩經(jīng)·小雅·正月》) We say of the heavens that they are high,|But I dare not but stoop under them. |We say of the earth that it is thick,|But I dare not but walk daintily on it. 局天蹐地ju tian ji diin straitened circumstances |