班门弄斧
bān​mén​nòng​fǔ

to show off before an expert

  • created reference approved 班门弄斧/班門弄斧 → 鲁班/魯班 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    班门弄斧 / 班門弄斧 bān​mén​nòng​fǔ

    鲁班 / 魯班 lǔ​bān

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 班门弄斧/班門弄斧 · bān​mén​nòng​fǔ · to show off before an expert — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    班门弄斧 / 班門弄斧

    bān​mén​nòng​fǔ

    to show off before an expert

    (idiom) to display one's slight skill before an expert; to be overconfident in showing off one's ability in the presence of a master. Literally means swinging an ax at the gate of [[鲁班|魯班|lu3 ban1]], the legendary master carpenter.

    班 (literal) → 班 · bān · Ban 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · door 弄 (literal) → 弄 · nòng · to play with 斧 (literal) → 斧 · fǔ · ax

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

    created sense