貪多嚼不爛

See also: 贪多嚼不烂

Chinese

		greedy	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to chew	not; no	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (貪多嚼不爛)		貪	多	嚼	不	爛
simp. (贪多嚼不烂)		贪	多	嚼	不	烂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tān duō jiáo bù làn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tān duō jiáo bù làn [Phonetic: tān duō jiáo bú làn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tan duo jiáo bù làn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan¹ to¹ chiao² pu⁴ lan⁴
  - Yale: tān dwō jyáu bù làn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tan duo jyau bu lann
  - Palladius: тань до цзяо бу лань (tanʹ do czjao bu lanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ län⁵¹/

Idiom

貪多嚼不爛

to bite off more than one can chew

Synonyms

好高騖遠／好高骛远 (hàogāowùyuǎn)

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