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可望而不可即
kě​wàng'ér​bù​kě​jí

within sight but beyond reach

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
可望而不可即 kě​wàng'ér​bù​kě​jí
within sight but beyond reach
(idiom) within sight but beyond reach; unattainable; can only be looked at from a distance but cannot be approached or attained (jí here means to approach)

Frequency

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0.111 per million

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Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)