班门弄斧
[bān mén nòng fǔ]
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班门弄斧的英文翻译
基本释义
参考释义
- 班门弄斧 [bān mén nòng fǔ]
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- display one's slight skill before an expert; be conceited; display one's incompetence before a connoisseur; go to teach hewing to the God of Carpenters; show off before a superior man; show off in the presence of an expert; show off one's proficiency with the axe before Lu Ban，the master carpenter; teach fish to swim; teach one's grandmother (how) to suck eggs:
Your great name long since reached my ears like thunder. I am ashamed to show off my incompetence in the presence of an expert like yourself. 先生大名，如雷灌耳，小弟献丑，真是班门弄斧了。
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