踩着梯子吃星星,隔天远 踩著梯子吃星星,隔天遠 踩着梯子吃星星,隔天遠

Climbing a ladder to eat the stars: still a sky away

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes a wish so unrealistic it can never come true.
Simplified
踩着梯子吃星星,隔天远
Traditional (Taiwan)
踩著梯子吃星星,隔天遠
Traditional (Hong Kong)
踩着梯子吃星星,隔天遠
Pinyin
cǎi zhe tīzi chī xīngxing, gétiān yuǎn
Bopomofo
ㄘㄞˇ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧ ˙ㄗ ㄔ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ,ㄍㄜˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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