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巴蛇食象
bā​shé​shí​xiàng

greed without bounds

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

巴蛇食象 bā​shé​shí​xiàng greed without bounds

a giant snake swallowing an elephant; used to describe people who are extremely greedy or an attempt by a small entity to consume a much larger one

References

synonym 巴蛇食象/巴蛇食象 → 蛇吞象/蛇吞象
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