癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉

Chinese
toad; 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
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

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): làiháma xiǎng chī tiān'éròu
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄔ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄜˊ ㄖㄡˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: làiháma xiǎng chī tiān'éròu
      • 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/

Proverb

癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉

  1. 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

Descendants
  • Thai: เป็นคางคกคิดอาจเอื้อมกินเนื้อห่านฟ้า (“to pursue something/someone that is out of one's league”)
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