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吃着碗里,看着锅里
chī​zhe​wǎn​lǐ​kàn​zhe​guō​lǐ

to be insatiably greedy

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
吃着碗里,看着锅里 吃著碗裡,看著鍋裡 chī​zhe​wǎn​lǐ​kàn​zhe​guō​lǐ
to be insatiably greedy
eyeing what is in the pot while eating from one's own bowl; describes being greedy and never content with what one already has, or a man with a wandering eye
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