癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉

Traditional form:

癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉

Pinyin (reading):

làihámaxiǎngchītiān'éròu

Definitions:

• lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
• fig. to try to punch above one's weight

Characters:

• 癞 - leprosy; scabies, mange; shoddy
• 蛤 - clam
• 蟆 - frog, toad
• 想 - to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 鹅 - goose
• 肉 - meat; flesh

Traditional characters:

• 癩 - leprosy; scabies, mange; shoddy
• 蛤 - clam
• 蟆 - frog, toad
• 想 - to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 鵝 - goose
• 肉 - meat; flesh