以卵击石 — Chinese idiom
以卵击石
yǐ luǎn jī shí
Traditional: 以卵擊石
Meaning
- lit. to strike a stone with egg ; to attempt the impossible
- to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
Character by character
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 卵luǎnegg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn
- 击jīto strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
- 石shístone, rock, mineral
Idioms sharing a character
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
- 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí
- 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
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