蚍蜉撼大树

pí fú hàn dà shù

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Definitions

1. lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom)
2. fig. to overrate one's own strength
3. also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树[pí fú hàn shù]

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Child Words of 蚍蜉撼大树

• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 树 树 shù: tree
• 大树 大树 dà shù: Tashu township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
• 撼 撼 hàn: to shake
• 蚍 蚍 pí: see 蚍蜉[pí fú]
• 蚍蜉 蚍蜉 pí fú: a type of large ant
• 蜉 蜉 fú: (dragon fly)