可望而不可及
Traditional form:
可望而不可及
Pinyin (reading):
kěwàng'érbùkějí
Definitions:
- in sight but unattainable (idiom)
- inaccessible
Characters:
- 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
- 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
- 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
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