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Here, we present the idiom 「心比天高」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Describes a person who is arrogant or expects things to be beyond reality.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn bǐ tiān gāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 bei2 tin1 gou1

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