蚍蜉撼大樹蚍蜉撼樹pí fú hàn dà shùan ant trying to topple a giant tree—ridiculously overrate oneself (/one’s own strength)
? 近有文儈，勾結(jié)小報，竟也作文奚落先生以自鳴得意，真可謂“小人不欲成人之美”而且“～，可笑不自量”了！ (《魯迅全集》Ⅳ—215)Recently some philistines have written articles for the papers jeering at him in a superior way. This just proves that “A low mind thinks the worst of everyone” and “A tiny insect,trying to shake a mighty tree,is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness.”/～，可笑不自量！ (韓愈《調(diào)張籍》見郭沫若《李白與杜甫》182) They are like gnats that try to shake a giant tree,|Ridiculous and ignorant of their own abilities.
? 螞蟻緣槐夸大國，蚍蜉撼樹談何易。(《毛澤東詩詞·滿江紅·和郭沫若同志》93) Ants on the locust tree assume a great-nation swagger|And magflies lightly plot to topple the giant tree. 蚍蜉撼大樹pi fu han da shuan ant trying to topple a giant tree—ridiculously overrate oneself 蚍蜉撼大樹pi fu han da shuan ant trying to topple a giant tree(meaning ridiculously overrate oneself) |