蚍蜉撼大树
Traditional form:
蚍蜉撼大樹
Pinyin (reading):
pífúhàndàshù
Definitions:
- lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom)
- fig. to overrate one's own strength
- also written 蚍蜉撼樹／蚍蜉撼树 (pífúhànshù)
Characters:
- 蚍 - mussels, shellfish
- 蜉 - wasp; mayfly; large ant
- 撼 - to incite, to move, to shake
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 树 - tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
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