绠短汲深

绠短汲深
gěngduǎn-jíshēn
[My ability is unequal to the given task, for you cannot use a short rope to draw water from a deep weel] 拴捅的绳子很短, 却要打深井里的水, 比喻能力薄弱, 难以胜任艰巨的任务; 也比喻学识浅薄, 不足以领悟深刻的道理。 也作"短绠汲深"

短绠不可以汲深井之泉, 知不几者不可与及圣人之言。 --《荀子·荣辱》


Advanced Chinese dictionary. 2013.

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