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眼闊肚窄. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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eye
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rich; wide; broad
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belly; tripe
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narrow
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| trad. (眼闊肚窄)
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眼
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闊
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肚
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窄
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| simp. (眼阔肚窄)
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眼
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阔
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肚
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窄
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| Literally: “The eyes are wide, but the belly is narrow”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
眼闊肚窄
- (Cantonese) to have eyes bigger than one's stomach; to bite off more than one can chew
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
眼大肚子小 (“to have eyes bigger than one's stomach”)