蚍蜉撼树 — Chinese idiom
蚍蜉撼树
pí fú hàn shù
Traditional: 蚍蜉撼樹
Meaning
- (lit.) an ant trying to shake a tree
- (fig.) to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
Character by character
- 蚍pímussels, shellfish
- 蜉fúwasp; mayfly; large ant
- 撼hànto incite, to move, to shake
- 树shùtree; to plant; to set up, to establish
Idioms sharing a character
- 别树一帜 bié shù yī zhì
- 别树一旗 bié shù yī qí
- 树上开花 shù shàng kāi huā
- 树大招风 shù dà zhāo fēng
- 树碑立传 shù bēi lì zhuàn
- 独树一帜 dú shù yī zhì
- 独树一格 dú shù yī gé
- 百年树人 bǎi nián shù rén
- 绿树成荫 lǜ shù chéng yīn
- 芝兰玉树 zhī lán yù shù
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