Our company's scale is nothing compared to the industry giants.
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This idiom comes from a letter by the late-Han writer Chen Lin. 巫 (wū) refers to a shaman or sorcerer. A lesser shaman loses his powers in the presence of a greater one - used metaphorically to show how the lesser is dwarfed by the greater.
usage
Usually used to humbly downplay one's own abilities, or to highlight how impressive someone or something truly is by comparison.
