lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom); not content with what one already has; (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
trad. 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡
Also written 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡【chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ】
Characters in this word
6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
着
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variant of 著|着[zhao1]
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 71 of 2500
碗
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variant of 碗[wan3]
- Pinyin
- wǎn
- Traditional
- 㼝
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 6416 of 2500
里
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variant of 裡|里[li3]
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 裏
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 108 of 2500
看
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to look after, to take care of, to watch, to guard
- Pinyin
- kān
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 67 of 2500
锅
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pot; pan; wok; cauldron, pot-shaped thing, CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- guō
- Traditional
- 鍋
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 13998 of 2500