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眼闊肚窄
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Idiom
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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eye
rich; wide; broad
belly; tripe
narrow
trad.
(
眼闊肚窄
)
眼
闊
肚
窄
simp.
(
眼阔肚窄
)
眼
阔
肚
窄
Literally:
“The eyes are wide, but the belly is narrow”.
Pronunciation
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Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
ngaan
5
fut
3
tou
5
zaak
3
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
ngaan
5
fut
3
tou
5
zaak
3
Yale
:
ngáahn fut tóuh jaak
Cantonese Pinyin
:
ngaan
5
fut
8
tou
5
dzaak
8
Guangdong Romanization
:
ngan
5
fud
3
tou
5
zag
3
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ŋaːn¹³ fuːt̚³ tʰou̯¹³ t͡saːk̚³/
Idiom
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眼闊肚窄
(
Cantonese
)
to
have eyes bigger than one's stomach
; to
bite off more than one can chew
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
眼大肚子小
(“to have eyes bigger than one's stomach”)
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Variety
Location
Words
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Formal
(
Written Standard Chinese
)
眼大肚子小
Cantonese
Guangzhou
眼闊肚窄
Hong Kong
眼闊肚窄
,
眼大肚窄
Hakka
Meixian
眼闊肚狹
Southern Min
Shantou
目大肚細