可望而不可及 kěwàng'érbùkějí within sight but beyond reach Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 可望 kěwàng visible within sight; visible而 ér conjunction but Used to connect ideas that contrast or conflict; yet; but; on the other hand不可 bùkě auxiliaryadjective cannot to be unable to; to be impossible及 jí verb to reach To reach a certain point, level, or standard; to arrive at or come up to.
