have too little wisdom to undertake great things

have too little wisdom to undertake great things

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ì Xi ǎ om ó UD à, which means low ability and great planning. It comes from the biography of Yu Liang in the book of Jin and the biography of Li Bi in the book of Zhou.

Analysis of Idioms

Know the small and seek the big

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing

The origin of Idioms

Yu Liang's biography in the book of Jin states: "to be wise and to seek greatness is to be ignorant of the country's long-term plan; to be wise and to know little is to be short of the country's long-term plan." In the book of Zhou, biography of Li Bi: "Yuwen and xiazhou are the most talented people in the world, and their virtue and righteousness can be inherited. Hou Ying and Chen gongzhi are small and big. How can they protect themselves? "