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蚍
蜉
撼
樹
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树
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Jyutping
pei4 fau4 ham6 syu6
Pinyin
pí fú hàn shù
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree
to overrate oneself (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
不自量力
to overrate or overestimate one's own abilities; literally: an ant trying to shake a big tree
近義詞
螳臂擋車
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
to ridiculously overrate oneself; to be self-important
(syn.) 蚍蜉撼大树, 蚍蜉撼大樹