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English translation for "蚍蜉撼大树"

[ pífúhàndàshù ] 
an ant trying to topple a giant tree -- ridiculously overrating one's own strength; a person's overestimating his strength; an ant trying to shake a big tree; ants attempt to shake a tree; try to sweep back the atlantic with a broom 短语和例子


Related Translations:
蚍蜉撼大树可笑不自量:  a tiny insect trying to shake a mighty tree is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness
Example Sentences:
1.A tiny insect , trying to shake a mighty tree , is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness .
蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量。
2.Like ants trying to shake a huge tree , ridiculously overrating themselves ; they were merely like ants trying to shake a giant tree. how they overrated themselves !
蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量。
Similar Words:
"虻型" English translation, "虻肿" English translation, "虻蛛" English translation, "虻总科" English translation, "蚍蜉" English translation, "蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量" English translation, "蚍蜉撼大树可笑不自量" English translation, "蚍蜉撼树" English translation, "蚍螨科" English translation, "蚍螨亚科" English translation