望塵不及
wàng​chén​bù​jí

too inferior to bear comparison

  • created reference approved 望尘不及/望塵不及 → 望尘莫及/望塵莫及 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望尘不及 / 望塵不及 wàng​chén​bù​jí

    望尘莫及 / 望塵莫及 wàng​chén​mò​jí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 望尘不及/望塵不及 · wàng​chén​bù​jí · too inferior to bear comparison — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望尘不及 / 望塵不及

    wàng​chén​bù​jí

    too inferior to bear comparison

    To be far behind; used to describe being so far outpaced that one can only see the dust of the person ahead but cannot catch up. Often used as a humble expression of one's own inferiority in comparison to others.

    望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to gaze 尘 (literal) → 尘/塵 · chén · dust 不及 (literal) → 不及 · bù​jí · too late

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense