眼馋肚饱
yǎn chán dù bǎo · to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
Character breakdown
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How to learn 眼馋肚饱
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
肚子dùzibelly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
眼镜yǎnjìngspectacles; eyeglasses; CL:副[fu4]
眼前yǎnqiánbefore one's eyes; now; at present
眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc