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Chinese Definitions
蚍〈名〉
蚍蜉,一种大蚂蚁 [big ant]。如:蚍蜉堞(蚁垤);蚍蝣(蚍蜉和蜉蝣)
蚍衃,植物名。即锦葵 [high mallow]。如:蚍衃(植物名,即锦葵);蚍蜉酒草(药用植物鼠曲草的异名)
喻微小的力量 [small force]。如:蚍蜉援(喻微小的援助)
蚍蜉
[a species of big ant] 一种大蚂蚁
蚍蜉撼大树
[an ant trying to shake a big tree―ridiculously overrating one's own strength;futile effort] 撼:摇动。蚂蚁想摇动大树。比喻不自量力
蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量。――唐·韩愈《昌黎先生集》
亦作“蚍蜉撼树”
蚍pí[蚍蜉]一种大蚂蚁:~蜉撼树谈何易。
English Definitions
mussels; various shellfish
References
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