癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉,痴心妄想癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉,痴心妄想癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉,痴心妄想

A toad wants to eat swan meat: foolish, deluded wishful thinking

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · In everyday use

Meaning: Mocks a person who longs for something far beyond their reach, most often a plain person pursuing a much more desirable partner. Scornful. Close to "pie in the sky".

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Simplified: 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉,痴心妄想
Traditional (Taiwan): 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉,痴心妄想
Pinyin: làihámaxiǎngchītiān'éròu,chīxīnwàngxiǎng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄔㄊㄧㄢㄜˊ ㄖㄡˋ,ㄔㄒㄧㄣㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

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痴(chī)心(xīn)妄(wàng)想(xiǎng)be carried away by one's wishful thinking

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