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癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
  laai3 haa4 maa4 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6   jyutping
  lai4 ha2 ma2 xiang3 shi2 tian1 e2 rou4   pinyin
to be out of one's league; to desire sth. one is unworthy of [Syn][]癩蛤蟆天鵝

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉 / 癞蛤蟆想食天鹅肉

This word has been viewed 3249 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 23rd Mar 2010 00:55
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Characters in this word:

 laai3  -  leprosy; favus
 gap3 haa4  -  clam; frog; toad
 maa4  -  frog, toad
 soeng2  -  want; wish
 sik6 zi6  -  eat; food
 tin1  -  sky, heaven
 ngo4 ngo4*2  -  goose; gander
 juk6  -  meat

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You are going after a girl who is way too good for you.
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