created sense approved 绠短汲深/綆短汲深 · gěngduǎnjíshēn · out of one's depth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
绠短汲深 / 綆短汲深
gěngduǎnjíshēn
out of one's depth
(idiom) used to humbly express that one's abilities are too limited to handle a difficult or important task. It literally describes a rope that is too short to reach water at the bottom of a deep well.
绠 (literal) → 绠/綆 · gěng · well rope 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · short 汲 (literal) → 汲 · jí · to draw water 深 (literal) → 深 · shēn · deep
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