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癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
Mandarin: lai4 ha2 ma2 xiang3 shi2 tian1 e2 rou4
Cantonese Cantonese
癩
T3
蛤
T4
蟆
T4
想
T2
食
T6
天
T1
鵝
T4
肉
T6
Definitions
  1. 1 to be out of one's league; to desire sth. one is unworthy of [Syn][國]癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉
Other Readings
癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
literal meaning: a toad lusting after a swan's flesh, a metaphor to describe tho
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