以卵击石

Traditional: 以卵擊石

yǐ luǎn jī shí

Dictionary entry

lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible

What does 以卵击石 mean?

以卵击石 (yǐ luǎn jī shí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible

2to invite disaster by overreaching oneself

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以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]卵luǎnegg; ovum; spawn · (coll.) testicles 击jīto hit · to strike 石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

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以卵击石

yǐ luǎn jī shí

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