DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to wish for the stars and the moon / to have unreal expectationsSources & editorial notes
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Original source entry:
盼星星盼月亮 盼星星盼月亮 [pan4 xing1 xing1 pan4 yue4 liang4] /to wish for the stars and the moon/to have unreal expectations/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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