眼大睇過龍

Chinese

		eye	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	to overdo; to go too far; to exceed limits to overdo; to go too far; to exceed limits; excessively
trad. (眼大睇過龍)		眼	大	睇	過龍
simp. (眼大睇过龙)		眼	大	睇	过龙
Literally: “eyes are big, look too far”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tai² gwo³ lung⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tai² gwo³ lung⁴
    • Yale: ngáahn daaih tái gwo lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tai² gwo³ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ dai⁶ tei² guo³ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ taːi̯²² tʰɐi̯³⁵ kʷɔː³³ lʊŋ²¹/

Phrase

眼大睇過龍

1. (Cantonese) to overlook something right in front of someone; to miss something obvious