巴蛇食象
bā​shé​shí​xiàng

greed without bounds

  • created reference approved 巴蛇食象 → 蛇吞象 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    巴蛇食象 bā​shé​shí​xiàng

    蛇吞象 shé​tūn​xiàng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 巴蛇食象 · bā​shé​shí​xiàng · greed without bounds — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    巴蛇 (literal) → 巴蛇 · bā​shé · giant python 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 象 (literal) → 象 · xiàng · elephant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense