一磚豆腐想升仙 (jat1 zyun1 dau6 2 fu6 soeng2 sing1 sin1) — (Sarcasm) When someone thinks he/she kn… in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一zyunˉ¹磚dauˍ₆豆2腐fuˍ₆想soengˊ²升singˉ¹仙

简一砖豆腐想升仙

Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 zhuan1 dou4 fu5 xiang3 sheng1 xian1

Meaning of 一磚豆腐想升仙

noun(Sarcasm) When someone thinks he/she knows everything by knowing just a part of it

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keoiˏ₅佢zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係jatˉ¹一zyunˉ¹磚dauˍ₆豆fuˏ₅腐soengˊ²想singˉ¹升sin1.仙。

He's really dreaming of the impossible.

neiˏ₅你gam˗₃咁laan5,懶，jatˉ¹一zyunˉ¹磚dauˍ₆豆fuˏ₅腐soengˊ²想singˉ¹升sin1.仙。

You're so lazy, you're aiming too high.

mouˏ₅冇liuˊ²料baanˍ₆扮sei˗₃四tiu4,條，jatˉ¹一zyunˉ¹磚dauˍ₆豆fuˏ₅腐soengˊ²想singˉ¹升sin1.仙。

Pretending to be capable, but it's a fantasy.

keoiˏ₅佢hokˍ₆學jeˏ₅嘢gam˗₃咁maan6,慢，jatˉ¹一zyunˉ¹磚dauˍ₆豆fuˏ₅腐soengˊ²想singˉ¹升sin1.仙。

He learns so slowly, it's an unrealistic goal.

gam˗₃咁douˉ¹都soengˊ²想singˎ₄成gung1?功？jatˉ¹一zyunˉ¹磚dauˍ₆豆fuˏ₅腐soengˊ²想singˉ¹升sin1.仙。

You want to succeed with that? It's a pipe dream.

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