班门弄斧 — Chinese idiom
班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
Traditional: 班門弄斧
Meaning
- to display one's slight skill before an expert
Character by character
- 班Bānclass, squad, team, work shift
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 斧fǔaxe, hatchet; to chop, to hew
Idioms sharing a character
- 按部就班 àn bù jiù bān
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 侯门似海 hóu mén sì hǎi
- 光耀门楣 guāng yào mén méi
- 分门别类 fēn mén bié lèi
- 名门望族 míng mén wàng zú
- 夺门而出 duó mén ér chū
- 引鬼上门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén
- 托足无门 tuō zú wú mén
- 旁门左道 páng mén zuǒ dào
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