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贪多嚼不烂
tān​duō​jiáo​bù​làn

to bite off more than one can chew

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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

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