鞭不及腹
biān​bù​jí​fù

beyond one's power

  • created reference approved 鞭不及腹 → 鞭长莫及/鞭長莫及 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鞭不及腹 biān​bù​jí​fù

    鞭长莫及 / 鞭長莫及 biān​cháng​mò​jí

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鞭不及腹 · biān​bù​jí​fù · beyond one's power — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鞭不及腹

    biān​bù​jí​fù

    beyond one's power

    Indicates that one's power or influence is limited and cannot reach a certain point; similar to [[鞭长莫及|鞭長莫及|bian1 chang2 mo4 ji2]]

    鞭 (literal) → 鞭 · biān · whip 不及 (literal) → 不及 · bù​jí · less than 腹 (literal) → 腹 · fù · abdomen

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

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