王小二做买卖,尽打如意算盘 王小二做買賣,儘打如意算盤 王小二做買賣,儘打如意算盤

Wang Xiao'er goes into business: only works the abacus to his liking

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Someone who plans only for the best outcome and ignores difficulties. Mocking; compare "counting one's chickens before they hatch".
Simplified
王小二做买卖,尽打如意算盘
Traditional (Taiwan)
王小二做買賣,儘打如意算盤
Pinyin
Wáng xiǎo èr zuòmǎimài, jìn dǎrúyìsuànpán
Pinyin (Taiwan)
Wáng xiǎo èr zuòmǎimài, jǐn dǎrúyìsuànpán
Bopomofo
ㄨㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄞˋ,ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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