How to wear a basin

How to wear a basin

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í f ú D à IP é n. It is also a metaphor for overstepping one's ability. It comes from Volume 13 of Yilin by Jiao Yanshou of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As object and attribute, it is incompetent to compare metaphorical power

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: shake the tree, out of reach, out of reach

Antonym: within one's power

The origin of Idioms

Jiao Yanshou's Yilin of the Han Dynasty (Volume 13): you can't go up the mountain without basin.