court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó Ulu ǎ NJ ī sh í, which refers to self defeating. It's from Song dynasty sun Guangxian's North dream Suoyan.
The origin of Idioms
Sun Guangxian of the Song Dynasty, Volume 14 of Suoyan of the northern dream: "the so-called sheep are used to kill wolves. Fortunately, they don't use it. How can we expect it?"
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: strike a stone with an egg
Idiom usage
Commendatory words are used as objects and attributives
court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds
as summer goes and winter comes - hán lái shǔ wǎng
the days and months are slipping by , wasted - rì yuè cuō tuó
take pity on the poor and the old - lián pín jìng lǎo