以卵击石
Traditional form:
以卵擊石
Pinyin (reading):
yǐluǎnjīshí
Definitions:
- lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
- to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
Characters:
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 卵 - egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn
- 击 - to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
- 石 - stone, rock, mineral
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