好高騖遠

See also: 好高骛远

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	high; tall	fast; greedy; run rapidly	far; distant; remote
trad. (好高騖遠)		好	高	騖	遠
simp. (好高骛远)		好	高	骛	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàogāo-wùyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄍㄠ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàogāo-wùyuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄍㄠ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàogaowùyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-kao¹-wu⁴-yüan³
    • Yale: hàu-gāu-wù-ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawgauwuhyeuan
    • Palladius: хаогао’уюань (xaogao’ujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ jyun⁵
    • Yale: hou gōu mouh yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ gou¹ mou⁶ yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ kou̯⁵⁵ mou̯²² jyːn¹³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 好高騖遠

1. bite off more than one can chew