班門弄斧

See also: 班门弄斧

Chinese

		Lu Ban	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	hatchet
trad. (班門弄斧)		班	門	弄	斧
simp. (班门弄斧)		班	门	弄	斧
Literally: “brandish an axe at Ban's gate”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bānménnòngfǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²
Min Nan (POJ): pan-bûn-lōng-hú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bānménnòngfǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: banménnòngfǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pan¹-mên²-nung⁴-fu³
  - Yale: bān-mén-nùng-fǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banmennonqfuu
  - Palladius: баньмэньнунфу (banʹmɛnʹnunfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ mən³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²
  - Yale: bāan mùhn luhng fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹ lʊŋ²² fuː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-bûn-lōng-hú
  - Tâi-lô: pan-bûn-lōng-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: panbunloxnghuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pan³³ bun²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³⁻²² lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³⁻³³ lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴¹/

Idiom

班門弄斧

to show off one's inferior talent or skill in front of an expert

Usage notes

This idiom is sometimes used in a self-deprecatory way.

Synonyms

關公面前耍大刀／关公面前耍大刀 (Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo)

Descendants

→ Vietnamese: múa rìu qua mắt thợ (calque)

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