Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「以卵投石」, as shown below.
Here, we present the idiom 「以卵投石」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Use the egg to hit the stone. A metaphor for not estimating one’s own strength and bringing about one’s own destruction.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ luǎn tóu shí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 leun2 tau4 sek6
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
