(lit.) an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom); (fig.) to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
trad. 蚍蜉撼樹
Also written 蚍蜉撼樹【pí fú hàn shù】
Characters in this word
4蚍
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used in 蚍蜉[pi2 fu2]
- Pinyin
- pí
- Strokes
- 10
蜉
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used in 蚍蜉[pi2 fu2], used in 蜉蝣[fu2 you2]
- Pinyin
- fú
- Strokes
- 13
撼
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to shake, to vibrate
- Pinyin
- hàn
- Strokes
- 16
树
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tree, CL:棵[ke1], to cultivate, to set up
- Pinyin
- shù
- Traditional
- 樹
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2862 of 2500