癞蛤蟆嗑瓜子儿,眼饱腹中饥 癩蛤蟆嗑瓜子兒,眼飽腹中飢 癩蛤蟆嗑瓜子兒,眼飽腹中飢

A toad cracking melon seeds: eyes full, belly hungry

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
You can only look and not benefit, so it solves nothing.
Simplified
癞蛤蟆嗑瓜子儿,眼饱腹中饥
Traditional (Taiwan)
癩蛤蟆嗑瓜子兒,眼飽腹中飢
Pinyin
làiháma kē guāzir,yǎn bǎofù zhōng jī
Bopomofo
ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄎㄜ ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗㄦ,ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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