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獅子大開口

简狮子大开口 · 繁獅子大開口

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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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
狮: shī · lion
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–5–4–1–3 · shi1 zi5 da4 kai1 kou3

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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

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