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心比天高命比纸薄

[xīn bĭ tiān gāo mìng bĭ zhĭ bó]
'Higher in Aspiration Than the Sky and Thinner Life Than a Piece of Paper' contrasts ambition against reality. It implies having extraordinarily high hopes or ambitions but facing an unbearably weak or fragile life situation.
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