班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
Pinyin

Definition

班门弄斧
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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
上班族
shàng bān zú
  1. 1 office workers (as social group)
值班
zhí bān
  1. 1 to work a shift
  2. 2 on duty
加班
jiā bān
  1. 1 to work overtime
夜班
yè bān
  1. 1 night shift
弄丢
nòng diū
  1. 1 to lose
弄到
nòng dào
  1. 1 to get hold of
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to secure
  4. 4 to come by
弄死
nòng sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to put to death
弄醒
nòng xǐng
  1. 1 to wake sb up
早班
zǎo bān
  1. 1 early shift
  2. 2 morning work shift
玩弄
wán nòng
  1. 1 to play with
  2. 2 to toy with
  3. 3 to dally with
  4. 4 to engage in
  5. 5 to resort to
班主任
bān zhǔ rèn
  1. 1 teacher in charge of a class
班级
bān jí
  1. 1 class (group of students)
  2. 2 grade (in school)
班车
bān chē
  1. 1 regular bus (service)
班长
bān zhǎng
  1. 1 class monitor
  2. 2 squad leader
  3. 3 team leader
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
航班
háng bān
  1. 1 scheduled flight
  2. 2 flight number
  3. 3 plane
  4. 4 scheduled sailing
  5. 5 sailing number
  6. 6 passenger ship

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)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
按部就班
àn bù jiù bān
  1. 1 to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
斧钺之诛
fǔ yuè zhī zhū
  1. 1 to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
斧钺汤镬
fǔ yuè tāng huò
  1. 1 battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
班荆相对
bān jīng xiāng duì
  1. 1 to treat sb with courtesy (idiom)
班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
  1. 1 to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. 1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. 2 to deceive people
  3. 3 to scam
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship

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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