贪多嚼不烂
Traditional form:
貪多嚼不爛
Pinyin (reading):
tānduōjiáobùlàn
Definitions:
- to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
Characters:
- 贪 - greedy, covetous; corrupt
- 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
- 嚼 - to prattle, to be glib
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 烂 - overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
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