班門弄斧

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Chinese

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Lu Ban
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
 
to do; to manage; to handle
to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley
 
hatchet
trad. (班門弄斧)
simp. (班门弄斧)
Literally: “brandish an axe at Ban's gate”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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班門弄斧

  1. (sometimes humble) to show off one's inferior talent or skill in front of an expert
  2. to teach an expert how to do things

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Vietnamese: múa rìu qua mắt thợ (calque)