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; (taxonomy) phylum or division	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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pan-bûn-lōng-hú / pan-bûn-lōng-pó͘

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - 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 (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³⁻³³ lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-bûn-lōng-pó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pan-bûn-lōng-póo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: panbunloxngpor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/

Idiom

班門弄斧

(sometimes humble) to show off one's inferior talent or skill in front of an expert
to teach an expert how to do things

Synonyms

孔夫子門前賣文章／孔夫子门前卖文章
關公面前耍大刀／关公面前耍大刀 (Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo)
(Hokkien) 關帝爺面前舞關刀／关帝爷面前舞关刀

Descendants

→ Vietnamese: múa rìu qua mắt thợ (calque)

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