以卵击石
yǐ​luǎn​jī​shí

to strike a stone with an egg

  • created reference approved 以卵击石/以卵擊石 → 以卵投石 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以卵击石 / 以卵擊石 yǐ​luǎn​jī​shí

    以卵投石 yǐ​luǎn​tóu​shí

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以卵击石/以卵擊石 · yǐ​luǎn​jī​shí · to strike a stone with an egg — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以卵击石 / 以卵擊石

    yǐ​luǎn​jī​shí

    to strike a stone with an egg

    (idiom) to fight a hopeless battle; to court disaster by attacking a much stronger opponent or attempting the impossible

    yǐ​luǎn​jí​shí

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 卵 (literal) → 卵 · luǎn · egg; ovum; spawn 击 (literal) → 击/擊 · jī · to strike 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense