貪多嚼不爛
tān​duō​jiáo​bù​làn

to bite off more than one can chew

  • created sense approved 贪多嚼不烂/貪多嚼不爛 · tān​duō​jiáo​bù​làn · to bite off more than one can chew — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贪多嚼不烂 / 貪多嚼不爛

    tān​duō​jiáo​bù​làn

    to bite off more than one can chew

    to take on more than one can manage or process; to be overambitious to the point of being unable to digest or finish what one has started

    tān​duō​jiáo​bu​làn

    贪多 (literal) → 贪多/貪多 · tān​duō · to be greedy for more 嚼 (literal) → 嚼 · jiáo · to chew 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 烂 (literal) → 烂/爛 · làn · mushy

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

    created sense