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癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
Mandarin: lai4 ha2 ma5 xiang3 shi2 tian1 e2 rou4
Simplified: 癞蛤蟆想食天鹅肉
癩
T3
蛤
T1
蟆
T1
想
T2
食
T6
天
T1
鵝
T4
肉
T6
Definitions
  1. 1 literal meaning: a toad lusting after a swan's flesh, a metaphor to describe those who wants to go after someone that is out of their league
Other Readings
癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
to be out of one's league; to desire sth. one is unworthy of [Syn][國]癩蛤蟆
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