Bān mén nòng fǔ

Traditional: 班門弄斧

班门弄斧 (Bān mén nòng fǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)

Characters in 班门弄斧

班bān · team; class; grade门mén · gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])弄lòng · lane斧fǔ · hatchet

Related words

弄lane弄to do弄old variant of 弄[nong4]弄variant of 弄[long4]门gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])门surname Men班team; class; grade班surname Ban上班to go to work部门department开门(lit. and fig.) to open a door航班(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

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