戴盆望天 dài pén wàng tiān
dài pén wàng tiān
set phrase
viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head; it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '戴盆望天')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷四十一 第五鍾離宋寒列傳 Volume 41: Biographies of Diwu, Zhongli, Song, Han Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1