癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉
Chinese
edittoad; ugly person | to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
swan; Tian'e | meat; flesh | ||
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trad. (癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉) | 癩蛤蟆 | 想 | 吃 | 天鵝 | 肉 | |
simp. (癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉) | 癞蛤蟆 | 想 | 吃 | 天鹅 | 肉 | |
alternative forms | 癩蝦蟆想吃天鵝肉/癞虾蟆想吃天鹅肉 | |||||
Literally: “a toad wants to eat the meat of a swan”. |
Pronunciation
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- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄔ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄜˊ ㄖㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: làihámå siǎng chih tian-éròu
- Wade–Giles: lai4-ha2-ma5 hsiang3 chʻih1 tʻien1-o2-jou4
- Yale: lài-há-ma syǎng chr̄ tyān-é-ròu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: layhar.ma sheang chy tianerrow
- Palladius: лайхама сян чи тяньэжоу (lajxama sjan či tjanʹežou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /laɪ̯⁵¹ xä³⁵ mä³ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proverb
edit癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉
- 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
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edit- Thai: เป็นคางคกคิดอาจเอื้อมกินเนื้อห่านฟ้า (“to pursue something/someone that is out of one's league”)
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