自不量力 (zì bù liàng lì) | Meaning: to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(lit.) a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) · (fig.) to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible螳臂当车táng bì dāng chē

lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible · to invite disaster by overreaching oneself以卵击石yǐ luǎn jī shí

pride · arrogance · conceited · proud of sth骄傲jiāo ào

(lit.) an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) · (fig.) to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities蚍蜉撼树pí fú hàn shù

lit. Kuafu chasing the sun (idiom) · fig. to have great ambition; also, to overestimate one's abilities and attempt the impossible夸父逐日kuā fù zhú rì

to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom)