How to wear a basin
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í f ú D à IP é n. It is also a metaphor for overstepping one's ability. It comes from Volume 13 of Yilin by Jiao Yanshou of Han Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As object and attribute, it is incompetent to compare metaphorical power
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: shake the tree, out of reach, out of reach
Antonym: within one's power
The origin of Idioms
Jiao Yanshou's Yilin of the Han Dynasty (Volume 13): you can't go up the mountain without basin.
Chinese PinYin : pí fú dài pén
How to wear a basin
have talent but no opportunity to use it. lóng pán fèng yì
a powerful and unconstrained style. tiān mǎ xíng kōng
a few isolated words and phrases. piàn yán zhǐ yǔ
outmaneuver the enemy over glasses of wine. zhé chōng zūn zǔ