以卵击石(以卵擊石)

Pronunciación: yǐ luǎn jī shí Significado literal: Strike stone with an egg

Origen y Uso

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.

Ejemplos

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

Chino: 三个人的公司去告一家养着整支法务团队的巨头