蜻蜓撼石柱

qīng tíng hàn shí zhù

lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities

蜻

qīng

see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]

蜓

tíng

see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]

撼

hàn

to shake

石

shí

abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

柱

zhù

pillar