court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó Ulu ǎ NJ ī sh í, which refers to self defeating. It's from Song dynasty sun Guangxian's North dream Suoyan.
The origin of Idioms
Sun Guangxian of the Song Dynasty, Volume 14 of Suoyan of the northern dream: "the so-called sheep are used to kill wolves. Fortunately, they don't use it. How can we expect it?"
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: strike a stone with an egg
Idiom usage
Commendatory words are used as objects and attributives
Chinese PinYin : tóu luǎn jī shí
court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds
have a preconceived idea at heart. xiōng yǒu qiū hè
hate evil as one does one 's enemy. jí è rú chóu
expose a cut-off head to public view as a warning to. xiāo shǒu shì zhòng