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Character « 蚍 »

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Character
蚍
(10 stroke)
Radical
虫
(+4 stroke)
Pinyin
bǐ
pí

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蚍 (蚍) pí

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◎ 〔～蜉〕大蚂蚁，如“～～撼大树”。

Noun

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 pí fú
[a species of big ant] 一种大蚂蚁
蚍蜉撼大树 ( 蚍蜉撼大樹 ) pí fú hàn dà shù
1. [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》
2. 亦作“蚍蜉撼树”