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好高骛远

hào gāo wù yuǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) / to aim too high
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f39db64c73717a3e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

好高騖遠 好高骛远 [hao4 gao1 wu4 yuan3] /to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)/to aim too high/

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Other forms in these source records: 好高騖遠

  • 好
    hǎo

    good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello

    hào

    to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to

  • 高
    gāo

    high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)

    Gāo

    surname Gao

  • 骛
    wù

    (bound form) to rush about / to strive for

  • 远
    yuǎn

    far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

    yuàn

    to distance oneself from (classical)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.