班门弄斧 (班門弄斧)
Bān mén nòng fǔ
Pinyin

Definition

班门弄斧 (班門弄斧)
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Bān mén nòng fǔ
  1. to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
下班
xià bān
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to get off work
弄
lòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
班
Bān
  1. 1 surname Ban
上下班
shàng xià bān
  1. 1 to start and finish work

Idioms (17)

不避斧钺
bù bì fǔ yuè
  1. 1 not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)
  2. 2 not afraid of dying in combat
  3. 3 not afraid of being executed
刀锯斧钺
dāo jù fǔ yuè
  1. 1 knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
  1. 1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
  1. 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)

Sample Sentences

班门弄斧，见笑了，我觉得，中国古人觉得人生最高的理想就是四个步骤：修身、齐家、治国、平天下。
bānménnòngfǔ ，jiànxiào le ，wǒ juéde ，Zhōngguó gǔrén juéde rénshēng zuì gāo de lǐxiǎng jiùshì sì gè bùzhòu ：xiūshēn 、qíjiā 、zhìguó 、píng tiānxià 。
I'd be teaching my grandma to suck eggs if I did that, how embarrassing. I think that for ancient Chinese people, the ultimate ideal in life comprised four stages: cultivating one's moral character, managing one's household, ruling a state and pacifying the country.
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