lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible; to be impatient for success
trad. 一口吃個胖子
Also written 一口吃個胖子【yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi】
Characters in this word
6一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
口
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mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc), classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- Pinyin
- kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 4127 of 2500
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
个
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used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- Pinyin
- gě
- Traditional
- 個
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 66 of 2500
胖
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healthy, at ease
- Pinyin
- pán
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4225 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500