以卵击石 Chinese English dictionary 以卵击石 translate 以卵击石 pinyin

以卵击石

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
以卵击石 yǐluǎnjīshí	以卵击石 \| 以卵击石* \| *以卵击石	lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself	以卵擊石

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
以	以 \| 以* \| *以	4画人亻 + 3	yǐ	by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to	ji5	2810.0 VIO


卵	卵 \| 卵* \| *卵	7画卩 + 5	luǎn	egg; ovum; roe; spawn	leon2	7772.0 HHSLI


击	击 \| 击* \| *击	5画凵 + 3	jí, jī	strike, hit, beat; attack, fight	gik1	擊 5077 QU


石	石 \| 石* \| *石	5画石 + 0	shí, dàn	stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112	sek6	1060.0 MR

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Simplified		English Definition
以卵击石 yǐluǎnjīshí	以卵击石 \| 以卵击石* \| *以卵击石	lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself


以 yǐ	以 \| 以* \| *以	old variant of 以


以 yǐ	以 \| 以* \| *以	old variant of 以


以 Yǐ	以 \| 以* \| *以	abbr. for Israel 以色列


以 yǐ	以 \| 以* \| *以	to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)


卵　luǎn	卵 \| 卵* \| *卵	egg; ovum; spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking


击　　jī	击 \| 击* \| *击	to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]


石　　　Shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊｜石家庄, the capital of Hebei


石　　　dàn	石 \| 石* \| *石	dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]


石　　　shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音