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眼高手低

眼
高
手
低
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)

Characters and words in 眼高手低

眼
yǎn = y + an3
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
Add a new mnemonic for 眼 = 目 + 艮
眼
高
haughty / contemptuous / to have high expectations
高
gāo = g + ao1
surname Gao
Add a new mnemonic for 高 = 亠 + 冋 + 口
高
gāo = g + ao1
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
Add a new mnemonic for 高 = 亠 + 冋 + 口
高
手
expert / past master / dab hand
手
shǒu = sh + ou3
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
Add a new mnemonic for 手 = 丿 + 二 + 亅
低
dī = di + Ø1
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
Add a new mnemonic for 低 = 亻 + 氐

Words with 眼高手低

眼高手低 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 眼高手低

眼高手低 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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