鞭长不及
biān​cháng​bù​jí

beyond one's reach

  • created sense approved 鞭长不及/鞭長不及 · biān​cháng​bù​jí · beyond one's reach — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鞭长不及 / 鞭長不及

    biān​cháng​bù​jí

    beyond one's reach

    too far away for one to be able to help or intervene; literally meaning the whip is long but does not reach

    鞭 (literal) → 鞭 · biān · whip 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 不及 (literal) → 不及 · bù​jí · less than

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

    created sense