狮子大开口

Traditional: 獅子大開口

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Dictionary entry

(saying) (fig.) to make an exorbitant demand; to ask for an outrageously high price

What does 狮子大开口 mean?

狮子大开口 (shī zi dà kāi kǒu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(saying) (fig.) to make an exorbitant demand; to ask for an outrageously high price

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狮shī(bound form) lion 子zǐson · child 大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)

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