an ant trying to shake a giant tree(pí fú hàn shù)

an ant trying to shake a giant tree

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin P í f ú h à NSH à, which means that ants want to shake a big tree. It is a metaphor for overestimating one's strength. From Diao Zhang Ji.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu's poem "Diao Zhang Ji" in Tang Dynasty: "it's ridiculous to shake a big tree."

Idiom usage

He Yi: subject predicate; as subject, predicate, object; with derogatory meaning; examples. ——Mao Zedong's Manjianghong and Comrade Guo Moruo

Chinese PinYin : pí fú hàn shù