癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
  2. fig. to try to punch above one's weight

CHARACTERS

癩 lài leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy
蛤 há clam
蟆 ma frog, toad
想 xiǎng
HSK 1
think, speculate, plan, consider
吃 chī
HSK 1
eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
鵝 é goose
肉 ròu
HSK 2
flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130