好高騖遠

See also: 好高骛远

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	high; tall	fast; greedy; run rapidly	far; distant; remote
trad. (好高騖遠)		好	高	騖	遠
simp. (好高骛远)		好	高	骛	远

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàogāowùyuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄍㄠㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ jyun⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàogāowùyuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄍㄠㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàogaowùyuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴-kao¹-wu⁴-yüan³
  - Yale: hàu-gāu-wù-ywǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawgauwuhyeuan
  - Palladius: хаогао’уюань (xaogao’ujuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ jyun⁵
  - Yale: hou gōu mouh yúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ jyn⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ yun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ kou̯⁵⁵ mou̯²² jyːn¹³/

Idiom

好高騖遠

to bite off more than one can chew

Synonyms

貪多嚼不爛／贪多嚼不烂 (tān duō jiáo bù làn)

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