have too little wisdom to undertake great things
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ī Xi ǎ om ó UD à, which means that the ability is too poor to be competent for major tasks. It comes from the book of changes.
Idiom explanation
It means that the ability is too poor to be competent for a major task.
The origin of Idioms
"Yi · Xi CI Xia" says: "virtue is weak but position is respected, knowledge is small but strategy is big, strength is small but responsibility is heavy, which is not as good as it is."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.
have too little wisdom to undertake great things
cut off from the long to support the deficiency of the short - jié cháng bǔ duǎn
appoint upright and remove the crooked ones -- to replace the bad ones by good ones - jǔ zhí cuò wǎng
one 's schemes are poor and his strength is exhausted - jì qióng lì jié