to bite off more than one can chew (idiom); to aim too high
trad. 好高騖遠
Also written 好高騖遠【hào gāo wù yuǎn】
Characters in this word
4好
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good, appropriate; proper, all right!, (before a verb) easy to, (before a verb) good to, (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so, (verb complement indicating completion), (of two people) close; on intimate terms, (after a form of address) hello
- Pinyin
- hǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 11 of 2500
高
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surname Gao
- Pinyin
- Gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 681 of 2500
骛
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(bound form) to rush about, to strive for
- Pinyin
- wù
- Traditional
- 騖
- Strokes
- 12
远
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far, distant, remote, (intensifier in a comparison) by far, much (lower etc)
- Pinyin
- yuǎn
- Traditional
- 遠
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1115 of 2500