See 以卵擊石 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "以卵击石",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "以卵擊石",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to strike a rock with an egg",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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},
{
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},
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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],
"glosses": [
"to overestimate one's capabilities or to attack a stronger opponent as the weaker side which is sure to end in failure"
],
"id": "en-以卵擊石-zh-phrase-GFUaws~0",
"links": [
[
"overestimate",
"overestimate"
],
[
"capabilities",
"capabilities"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"stronger",
"stronger"
],
[
"opponent",
"opponent"
],
[
"weaker",
"weaker"
],
[
"side",
"side"
],
[
"failure",
"failure"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yǐluǎntóushí",
"word": "以卵投石"
},
{
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂當車"
},
{
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂当车"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "雞蛋槓石頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "鸡蛋杠石头"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐluǎnjíshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ leon² gik¹ sek⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐluǎnjíshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yíluǎnjíshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐluǎnjíshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i³-luan³-chi²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐ-lwǎn-jí-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yiiloanjyishyr"
},
{
"roman": "iluanʹcziši",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "илуаньцзиши"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ leon² gik¹ sek⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yíh léun gīk sehk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ loen² gik⁷ sek⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ lên² gig¹ ség⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ lɵn³⁵ kɪk̚⁵ sɛːk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "以卵擊石"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "以卵击石",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "以卵擊石",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to strike a rock with an egg",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
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"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 以",
"Chinese terms spelled with 卵",
"Chinese terms spelled with 擊",
"Chinese terms spelled with 石",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to overestimate one's capabilities or to attack a stronger opponent as the weaker side which is sure to end in failure"
],
"links": [
[
"overestimate",
"overestimate"
],
[
"capabilities",
"capabilities"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"stronger",
"stronger"
],
[
"opponent",
"opponent"
],
[
"weaker",
"weaker"
],
[
"side",
"side"
],
[
"failure",
"failure"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐluǎnjíshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ leon² gik¹ sek⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐluǎnjíshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yíluǎnjíshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐluǎnjíshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i³-luan³-chi²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐ-lwǎn-jí-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yiiloanjyishyr"
},
{
"roman": "iluanʹcziši",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "илуаньцзиши"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ leon² gik¹ sek⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yíh léun gīk sehk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ loen² gik⁷ sek⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ lên² gig¹ ség⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ lɵn³⁵ kɪk̚⁵ sɛːk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yǐluǎntóushí",
"word": "以卵投石"
},
{
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂當車"
},
{
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂当车"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "雞蛋槓石頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "鸡蛋杠石头"
}
],
"word": "以卵擊石"
}
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