鲁般门前掉大斧
lǔ​bān​mén​qián​diào​dà​fǔ

to show off before an expert

  • created reference approved 鲁般门前掉大斧/魯般門前掉大斧 → 鲁班门前弄大斧/魯班門前弄大斧 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲁般门前掉大斧 / 魯般門前掉大斧 lǔ​bān​mén​qián​diào​dà​fǔ

    鲁班门前弄大斧 / 魯班門前弄大斧 lǔ​bān​mén​qián​nòng​dà​fǔ

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 鲁般门前掉大斧/魯般門前掉大斧 → 鲁般手里调大斧/魯般手裡調大斧 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲁般门前掉大斧 / 魯般門前掉大斧 lǔ​bān​mén​qián​diào​dà​fǔ

    鲁般手里调大斧 / 魯般手裡調大斧 lǔ​bān​shǒu​lǐ​tiáo​dà​fǔ

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鲁般门前掉大斧/魯般門前掉大斧 · lǔ​bān​mén​qián​diào​dà​fǔ · to show off before an expert — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲁般门前掉大斧 / 魯般門前掉大斧

    lǔ​bān​mén​qián​diào​dà​fǔ

    to show off before an expert

    To display one's slight skills in the presence of a master; used to describe someone who overestimates their own abilities. Also written as [[鲁班门前弄大斧|魯班門前弄大斧|lu3 ban1 men2 qian2 nong4 da4 fu3]] or [[鲁般手里调大斧|魯般手裡調大斧|lu3 ban1 shou3 li3 tiao2 da4 fu3]].

    鲁 (literal) → 鲁/魯 · lǔ · [surname] 般 (literal) → 般 · bān · surname 门前 (literal) → 门前/門前 · mén​qián · doorfront 掉 (literal) → 掉 · diào · to show off 大斧 (literal) → 大斧 · dà​fǔ · broadax

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

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