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以卵击石
yǐ luǎn jī shí
What 以卵击石 means
- lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
- to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
The characters in 以卵击石
- 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
- 卵luǎnegg; ovum; spawn; (colloquial) testicles; (old) penis
- 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
- 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
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