不自量力 búzìliànglì to overrate one's abilities Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不自量力 búzìliànglì to overrate one's abilities To overestimate one's own capabilities; to attempt to do something beyond one's power. This idiom is also written as 自不量力 zìbùliànglì Frequency Written text 0.473 per million Cross-References Synonym 自不量力 zìbùliànglì蚍蜉撼树 pífúhànshù孔夫子门前卖文章 kǒngfūzǐménqiánmàiwénzhāng蜻蜓撼石柱 qīngtínghànshízhùReferenced by 不自量 bùzìliàng量力 liànglì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
不自量力 búzìliànglì to overrate one's abilities To overestimate one's own capabilities; to attempt to do something beyond one's power. This idiom is also written as 自不量力 zìbùliànglì Frequency Written text 0.473 per million Cross-References Synonym 自不量力 zìbùliànglì蚍蜉撼树 pífúhànshù孔夫子门前卖文章 kǒngfūzǐménqiánmàiwénzhāng蜻蜓撼石柱 qīngtínghànshízhùReferenced by 不自量 bùzìliàng量力 liànglì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
