这山望着那山高
这山望着那山高
zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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Traditional: 這山望著那山高
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- (idiom) lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position
- the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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Related Words
庶吉士(shù jí shì)· title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy, conferred to meritorious candidates until the next examination
→出山(chū shān)· to leave the mountain (of a hermit)
→天梯(tiān tī)· stairway to heaven
→一丘之貉(yī qiū zhī hé)· jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
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