這山望著那山高 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 这山望着那山高 zhèshānwàngzhenàshāngāo ㄓㄜˋ ㄕㄢ ㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄋㄚˋ ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) fig. not satisfied with one's current position the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence Character by character 這(zhè)this 山(shān)surname Shan 望(wàng)full moon 著(zhe)aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state 那(nà)that 山(shān)surname Shan 高(gāo)surname Gao A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0