鞭长莫及 biānchángmòjí beyond one's reach Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 biānchángmòjí beyond one's reach literally meaning "even a long whip cannot reach the horse's belly"; used as an idiom to describe a situation where one's power, influence, or authority is too far away to have an effect or provide help Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.353 per million Cross-References Variant of 鞭长不及 biānchángbùjíSynonym 鞭不及腹 biānbùjífù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 biānchángmòjí beyond one's reach literally meaning "even a long whip cannot reach the horse's belly"; used as an idiom to describe a situation where one's power, influence, or authority is too far away to have an effect or provide help Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.353 per million Cross-References Variant of 鞭长不及 biānchángbùjíSynonym 鞭不及腹 biānbùjífù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)