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得隴望蜀

得隴望蜀

See also: 得陇望蜀

Chinese

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get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to

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hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards

!Sichuan |- !trad. (得隴望蜀) | | | | |- !simp. (得陇望蜀) | | | | |}

Adjective

得隴望蜀

  1. (idiomatic) avaricious, greedy, not able to settle for less

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