癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉

Traditional: 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉

lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu

Dictionary entry

lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)

What does 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 mean?

癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 (lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)

2fig. to try to punch above one's weight

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癞làiscabies · skin disease 蛤gé(bound form) clam · used in 蛤蚧[ge2 jie4]蟆mátoad 想xiǎngto think (about) · to think of; to devise 吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)天tiānday · sky 鹅évariant of 鵝|鹅[e2]肉ròumeat · flesh

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How to pronounce 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉

癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉

lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu

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