蜻蜓撼石柱

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Dictionary entry

lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities

What does 蜻蜓撼石柱 mean?

蜻蜓撼石柱 (qīng tíng hàn shí zhù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities

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蜻qīngsee 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]撼hànto shake · to vibrate 石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei 柱zhùpillar · CL:根[gen1]

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