歪喙雞食好米

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Chinese

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askew beak; to pant fowl; chicken
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
good; well; be fond of rice; metre
trad. (歪喙雞食好米/歪喙鷄食好米) /
simp. (歪喙鸡食好米)
Literally: “crooked beaked chicken eats the good rice”.

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Idiom

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歪喙雞食好米

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) wanting more than one could reasonably expect given one's status or ability

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