zhuàng​zhì​wèi​chóu

with one's lofty aspirations unrealized

  1. lofty aspirations
    great goals or magnificent aspirations; a strong spirit to achieve something ambitious
  2. wèi adverb
    not yet
    (bound form) not yet; have not; did not; shows that something has not happened or is not yet complete
  3. to fulfill
    (bound form) to fulfill a wish or realize an ambition; to carry out or achieve