眼高手低 yǎn gāo shǒu dī 🔊 to have high standards but little ability + Keep this word Meanings yǎn gāo shǒu dī to have high standards but little abilityto be fastidious but incompetent (idiom) Its characters 眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])HSK 5高gāohighHSK 2手shǒuhandHSK 2低dīlowHSK 4