lấy trứng chọi đá

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 以卵投石 (yǐluǎntóushí).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləj˧˦ t͡ɕɨŋ˧˦ t͡ɕɔj˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləj˨˩˦ ʈɨŋ˦˧˥ t͡ɕɔj˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləj˦˥ ʈɨŋ˦˥ cɔj˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˦˥]

Idiom

lấy trứng chọi đá

  1. to overestimate one's capabilities; to attack a stronger opponent as the weaker side which is sure to end in failure
    Near-synonym: châu chấu đá xe
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.