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吃不到的葡萄是酸的
  hek3 bat1 dou3 dik1 pou4 tou4 si6 syun1 dik1   jyutping
saying or pretending that something is not worth having because one cannot obtain it

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
吃不到的葡萄是酸的

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Characters in this word:

 hek3  -  eat
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 dou3 dou3*2  -  arrive; go to
 dik1  -  possessive suffix
 pou4  -  grape; Portugal
 tou4  -  grape
 si6  -  is
 syun1  -  sour
 dik1  -  possessive suffix
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