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獅子大開口

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Mandarin · pinyin shī zi dà kāi kǒu

(saying) (fig.) to make an exorbitant demand; to ask for an outrageously high price

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(rare) to have a big talk; to exaggerate
(figuratively, idiomatic) to ask for an unjustly large amount of money or/and goods