癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
Chinese
toad; ugly person | to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss | eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | swan; Tian'e | meat; flesh | ||
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trad. (癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉) | 癩蛤蟆 | 想 | 食 | 天鵝 | 肉 | |
simp. (癞蛤蟆想食天鹅肉) | 癞蛤蟆 | 想 | 食 | 天鹅 | 肉 | |
alternative forms | 癩蝦蟆想食天鵝肉/癞虾蟆想食天鹅肉 | |||||
Literally: “a toad wants to eat the meat of a swan”. |
Pronunciation
Proverb
癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
- (Cantonese) to be carried away by one's wishful thinking and overestimate one's abilities; to pursue something that is out of one's league
Synonyms
- 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉/癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 (làiháma xiǎng chī tiān'éròu)