hou3 gou1 mou6 jyun5好高騖遠好高骛远
Jyutpinghou3 gou1 mou6 jyun5
Yalehou gōu mouh yyúnh

Definition

to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)

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T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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hak1 baak6 soeng2black and white photos [written and colloquial]
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haa6 lyun4the second line of a couplet (poetry)
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hon3 mou5 dai3Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
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hung4 baak6red and white; bright and colourful; wedding and funeral [written and colloqu...
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hing1 faa3hydrogenation
行令
hang4 ling6to issue orders
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