鸡蛋碰石头

Traditional: 雞蛋碰石頭

jī dàn pèng shí tou

Dictionary entry

lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)

What does 鸡蛋碰石头 mean?

鸡蛋碰石头 (jī dàn pèng shí tou) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)

2fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself

3to overrate one's abilities

Character breakdown

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鸡jīfowl · chicken 蛋Dànvariant of 蜑[Dan4]碰pèngvariant of 碰[peng4]石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei 头tóuhead · hair style

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鸡蛋碰石头

jī dàn pèng shí tou

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