眼高手低
yǎn​gāo​shǒu​dī

unrealistic expectations

  • created reference approved 眼高手低 → 眼高手生 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼高手低 yǎn​gāo​shǒu​dī

    眼高手生 yǎn​gāo​shǒu​shēng

    variant

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

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  • created sense approved 眼高手低 · yǎn​gāo​shǒu​dī · unrealistic expectations — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼高手低

    yǎn​gāo​shǒu​dī

    unrealistic expectations

    to have high standards or great ambitions but little actual ability; fastidious but incompetent

    眼高 (literal) → 眼高 · yǎn​gāo · to have high insight 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · skill 低 (literal) → 低 · dī · low

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

    created sense