蜻蜓撼石柱

qīng tíng hàn shí zhù

Definitionen

1. lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities

Bestandteilwörter von 蜻蜓撼石柱

• 撼 hàn: to shake
• 柱 zhù: pillar
• 石 dàn: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters
• 石 shí: rock
• 石柱 shí zhù: Shizhu Tujia autonomous county, Chongqing
• 蜓 tíng: see 蜻蜓[qīng tíng]
• 蜻 qīng: see 蜻蜓[qīng tíng]
• 蜻蜓 qīng tíng: dragonfly