人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

人心不足蛇吞象
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rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
心
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 classifier: 颗 kē
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一夔已足
yī kuí yǐ zú
  1. 1 one talented person is enough for the job (idiom)

Sample Sentences

所以你看到这种人，你就可以跟他说：“哎，你啊，真是人心不足蛇吞象。”
suǒyǐ nǐ kàndào zhè zhǒng rén ，nǐ jiù kěyǐ gēn tā shuō ：“āi ，nǐ a ，zhēn shì rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng 。”
So when you see this kind of person, you can say to them: "Agh, you're really never content with what you've got."
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人心不足蛇吞象
rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng
To be dissatisfied with one's current lot.
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