蚍蜉撼樹

Chinese

			shake; to incite	tree
trad. (蚍蜉撼樹)		蚍蜉	撼	樹
simp. (蚍蜉撼树)		蚍蜉	撼	树
Literally: “termites shaking trees”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pífúhànshù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pífúhànshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyifwuhannshuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶
  - Yale: pèih fàuh hahm syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ feo⁴ hem⁶ xu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ hɐm²² ʃyː²²/

Idiom

蚍蜉撼樹

to ridiculously overrate oneself; to be self-important

Synonyms

蚍蜉撼大樹／蚍蜉撼大树 (pífúhàndàshù)

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