人心不足蛇吞象 rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

CHARACTERS

人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
心 xīn
HSK 3
heart; mind, intelligence; soul
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
足 zú
HSK 2
foot; attain, satisfy, enough
蛇 shé
HSK 5
snake
吞 tūn
HSK 6
swallow; absorb, annex, engulf
象 xiàng
HSK 4
elephant; ivory; figure, image