See 眼闊肚窄 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "The eyes are wide, but the belly is narrow",
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"to have eyes bigger than one's stomach; to bite off more than one can chew"
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"have eyes bigger than one's stomach",
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"bite off more than one can chew",
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"(Cantonese) to have eyes bigger than one's stomach; to bite off more than one can chew"
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"word": "眼大肚子小"
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{
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"word": "眼闊肚狹"
},
{
"word": "目大肚細"
},
{
"word": "眼大肚子小"
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "眼大肚窄"
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{
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"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ fut³ tou⁵ zaak³"
},
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"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ fut³ tou⁵ zaak³"
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "ngáahn fut tóuh jaak"
},
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"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ fut⁸ tou⁵ dzaak⁸"
},
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "ngan⁵ fud³ tou⁵ zag³"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ fuːt̚³ tʰou̯¹³ t͡saːk̚³/",
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"word": "眼闊肚窄"
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"to have eyes bigger than one's stomach; to bite off more than one can chew"
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"(Cantonese) to have eyes bigger than one's stomach; to bite off more than one can chew"
],
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"idiomatic"
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"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ fut³ tou⁵ zaak³"
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"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ fut³ tou⁵ zaak³"
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"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ fut⁸ tou⁵ dzaak⁸"
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "ngan⁵ fud³ tou⁵ zag³"
},
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"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ fuːt̚³ tʰou̯¹³ t͡saːk̚³/",
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"word": "眼大肚子小"
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"Guangzhou"
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"word": "眼闊肚窄"
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"word": "眼闊肚窄"
},
{
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"Hong-Kong"
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"word": "眼大肚窄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"word": "眼闊肚狹"
},
{
"word": "目大肚細"
},
{
"word": "眼大肚子小"
},
{
"word": "Guangzhou"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"word": "眼大肚窄"
},
{
"word": "Meixian"
},
{
"word": "眼闊肚狹"
},
{
"word": "Shantou"
},
{
"word": "目大肚細"
}
],
"word": "眼闊肚窄"
}
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