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以卵击石

yǐ luǎn jī shí

4-character word Traditional 以卵擊石

What 以卵击石 means

1. lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
2. 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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