吃着碗里,看着锅里
Traditional form:
吃著碗裡,看著鍋裡
Pinyin (reading):
chīzhewǎnlǐ,kànzheguōlǐ
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 着 - to make a move, to take action
- 碗 - bowl, small dish
- 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
- 着 - to make a move, to take action
- 锅 - cooking-pot, saucepan
- 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
Traditional characters:
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 著 - to show, to prove, to make known
- 碗 - bowl, small dish
- 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
- 著 - to show, to prove, to make known
- 鍋 - cooking-pot, saucepan
- 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane