鲁班门前抡斧子，不知天高地厚魯班門前掄斧子，不知天高地厚魯班門前掄斧子，不知天高地厚

swinging an axe at Lu Ban's door: not knowing how high the sky or thick the earth

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Mocks someone arrogant who shows off before an expert. Like 'teaching one's grandmother to suck eggs'.

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Simplified: 鲁班门前抡斧子，不知天高地厚
Traditional (Taiwan): 魯班門前掄斧子，不知天高地厚
Pinyin: Lǔ Bān ménqián lún fǔzi, bùzhītiāngāodìhòu
Pinyin (Taiwan): Lǔ Bān ménqián lūn fǔzi, bùzhītiāngāodìhòu
Bopomofo: ㄌㄨˇ ㄅㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄣㄈㄨˇ ˙ㄗ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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