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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-03-28 02:00:30 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 39400 - submitted by 'mmmoore' >> M：比喻貪心不足。 From imandarinpod.com 『一般來說，鍋裡的飯菜比較多，碗裡的飯菜比較少。吃飯時總是先吃碗裡的，吃完了碗裡的再 吃鍋裡的。可是，如果碗裡的飯菜還沒吃完就想吃鍋裡的飯菜 … 這個人一定很談心、不知足。 』 I can't decide if we are doing these with or without the comma in the middle. For example we have an entries for 江山易改... both with AND without the comma. Thoughts? Editor: The changes to the submitted entries are based on the discussion, and a check on the frequency of some of the many variations of this saying, using Google result counts. Commas can be added or omitted without affecting searchability, provided software ignores commas in search terms and headwords (as MDBG does, for example). |
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+ 吃著碗裡瞧著鍋裡 吃着碗里瞧着锅里 [chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 qiao2 zhe5 guo1 li3] /lit. eating what's in the bowl, but watching what's in the pot (idiom)/wanting to have your cake and eat it too/ + 吃著碗裡看著鍋裡 吃着碗里看着锅里 [chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3] /lit. eating what's in the bowl, but watching what's in the pot (idiom)/wanting to have your cake and eat it too/ # 江山易改本性難移 江山易改本性难移 [jiang1 shan1 yi4 gai3 ben3 xing4 nan2 yi2] /rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder/ # 江山易改，本性難移 江山易改，本性难移 [jiang1 shan1 yi4 gai3 , ben3 xing4 nan2 yi2] /The rivers and mountains may change, but not one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are./Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)/ + 吃著碗裡，瞧著鍋裡 吃着碗里，瞧着锅里 [chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , qiao2 zhe5 guo1 li3] /see 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡|吃着碗里，看着锅里[chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3]/ + 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡 吃着碗里，看着锅里 [chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3] /lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)/not content with what one already has/(of men, typically) to have the wandering eye/ |