粵

蚍pei4蜉fau4撼ham6大daai6樹syu6

simp蚍蜉撼大树
pei4 fau4 ham6 daai6 syu6pí fú hàn dà shù

English

  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[pi2 fu2 han4 shu4]

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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