关公面前耍大刀
Traditional form:
關公面前耍大刀
Pinyin (reading):
Guāngōngmiànqiánshuǎdàdāo
Definitions:
- lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom)
- fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert
Characters:
- 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
- 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 耍 - to play, to frolic, to amuse
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
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