遥遥无期
yáo​yáo​wú​qī

far in the indefinite future

  • created sense approved 遥遥无期/遙遙無期 · yáo​yáo​wú​qī · far in the indefinite future — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    遥遥无期 / 遙遙無期

    yáo​yáo​wú​qī

    far in the indefinite future

    (idiom) so far away it seems forever; having no definite date or end in sight, often suggesting that a desired outcome is unlikely to happen soon

    yáo​yáo​wú​qí

    遥遥 (reduplication) → 遥/遙 · yáo · long 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 期 (literal) → 期 · qī · period

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

    created sense