班门弄斧 meaning in Chinese
display one's slight skill before an expert; be conceited; display one's incompetence before a connoisseur; go to teach hewing to the god of carpenters; show off before a superior man; show off in the presence of an expert; show off one's proficiency with the axe before lu ban, the master carpenter; teach fish to swim; teach one's grandmother (how) to suck eggs 短语和例子
Examples
- Your great name long since reached my ears like thunder. i am ashamed to show off my incompetence in the presence of an expert like yourself .
先生大名，如雷灌耳，小弟献丑，真是班门弄斧了。 - Never offer to teach fish to swim
不要班门弄斧。 （原意为：决不要教鱼游泳。 ） - Don ' t teach your grandmother to suck eggs
不要教你的祖母如何吸吮生鸡蛋（莫班门弄斧） 。 - Never offer to teach fish to swim
不要教鱼去游泳（不要班门弄斧） 。 - Compared to me - you ' re as helpless as a worm fighting an eagle
你的功夫和我比,简直是班门弄斧