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蚍蜉撼大樹

pí​fú​hàn​dà​shù

fig. to overrate one's own strength

Definitions

蚍蜉撼大树 (蚍蜉撼大樹) 

pí​fú​hàn​dà​shù

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

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