How do you pronounce 眼高手低?

眼高手低 is pronounced "yǎn gāo shǒu dī" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 4 syllables.

What HSK level is 眼高手低?

眼高手低 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.

眼高手低 is made up of the characters 眼, 高, 手, 低. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

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眼高手低 (yǎn gāo shǒu dī) means "to have high standards but little ability; to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)" in Chinese.

眼高手低

yǎn gāo shǒu dī

to have high standards but little ability; to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)

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