螳臂擋車
táng​bì​dǎng​chē

to overrate oneself

  • created sense approved 螳臂挡车/螳臂擋車 · táng​bì​dǎng​chē · to overrate oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    螳臂挡车 / 螳臂擋車

    táng​bì​dǎng​chē

    to overrate oneself

    a mantis trying to stop a chariot; to overrate one's own power and attempt the impossible

    táng​bì​dāng​chē

    螳 (literal) → 螳 · táng · mantis 臂 (literal) → 臂 · bì · forelimb 挡 (literal) → 挡/擋 · dǎng · to block 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle

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

    created sense