「眼大睇過龍 / 眼大睇過籠」
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Individual Character Meaning: |
眼 eye; hole; aperture; glance; glimpse 大 big; to grow up; to intimidate; to bluff; intensely; greatly; fully; on a large scale; university; large; old in age; older; senior; number two 睇 to look; to look at; to see; to watch; to check; to find out; to think; to judge; to consider; to depend on; to be affected by; to take care of; to keep an eye on; to monitor; be careful of; be wary of 過 to pass; to cross; to transfer; to surpass; to pass a place; to exceed; over again; anew; than 龍 dragon; the goalpost; the goalkeeper; long queue |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to overlook something obvious; unable to see something right in front; literally: the eyes are too big and overlook
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