以卵投石 yǐluǎntóushí to throw an egg against a rock Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以卵投石 yǐluǎntóushí to throw an egg against a rock (idiom) to overrate one's own abilities and attempt a hopeless battle; to court destruction by attacking a much stronger opponent Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Same as 以卵击石 yǐluǎnjīshíSynonym 以指挠沸 yǐzhǐnáofèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
以卵投石 yǐluǎntóushí to throw an egg against a rock (idiom) to overrate one's own abilities and attempt a hopeless battle; to court destruction by attacking a much stronger opponent Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Same as 以卵击石 yǐluǎnjīshíSynonym 以指挠沸 yǐzhǐnáofèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
