Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「好高騖遠」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「好高騖遠」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Good: like; pursue: pursue. A metaphor for pursuing unrealistic goals that are too high or too far.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hǎo gāo wù yuǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hou2 gou1 mou6 yun5
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
