以卵击石

yǐ luǎn jī shí

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
  2. 2. to invite disaster by overreaching oneself

Child Words of 以卵击石

以
yǐ

to use

卵
luǎn

egg

击
jī

to hit

石
dàn

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters

石
shí

rock