châu chấu đá xe

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Vietnamese

Etymology

châu chấu (grasshopper) +‎ đá (to kick) +‎ xe (wheeled vehicle)

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Pronunciation

Idiom

châu chấu đá xe

  1. (allegorically) a grasshopper kicking the cart; a weaker side opposing a much stronger side
    Synonym: muỗi đốt i-nốc
    Nực cười châu chấu đá xe.
    Tưởng rằng chấu ngã, ai dè xe nghiêng?
    How ludicrous it is: the grasshopper kicking the cart;
    'Twas thought the grasshopper would fall; who foresaw the cart rolling over instead?