獅子大開口

Chinese

lion; Buddha; bodhisattva
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
 to open one's mouth; to have an opening; to start talking or singing
trad. (獅子大開口) 獅子 大 開口
simp. (狮子大开口) 狮子 大 开口
anagram 獅子開大口／狮子开大口

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 1sy-tsy-du-khe-kheu; 1sy-tsy 6du-khe-kheu
      • MiniDict: sy平 tsy du khe kheu; sy平 tsy du去 khe kheu
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1sr-tsr-du-khe-kheu; 1sr-tsr 3du-khe-kheu
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ du³³ kʰe³³ kʰɤ²¹/, /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³  du²² kʰe⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹/

Idiom

獅子大開口 (figurative)

  1. (rare) to have a big talk; to exaggerate
  2. to ask for an unjustly large amount of money or/and goods

Synonyms

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