以卵击石(以卵擊石)

Aussprache: yǐ luǎn jī shí Wörtliche Bedeutung: Strike stone with an egg

Ursprung & Verwendung

Using (以) an egg (卵) to strike (击) a stone (石). The comparison appears across the Warring States philosophers and its point is that the outcome does not depend on force, effort or resolve — the mismatch is in the materials, and no amount of determination changes what an egg is. That distinguishes it from ordinary long odds. Confrontations that are settled before they begin — usually invoked to argue that the weaker party should choose different ground.

Beispiele

Deutsch: "A three-person startup suing a company with a permanent legal department"

Chinesisch: 三个人的公司去告一家养着整支法务团队的巨头