鞭长莫及
biān​cháng​mò​jí

beyond one's reach

  • created reference approved 鞭长莫及/鞭長莫及 → 鞭长不及/鞭長不及 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鞭长莫及 / 鞭長莫及 biān​cháng​mò​jí

    鞭长不及 / 鞭長不及 biān​cháng​bù​jí

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鞭长莫及/鞭長莫及 · biān​cháng​mò​jí · beyond one's reach — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鞭长莫及 / 鞭長莫及

    biān​cháng​mò​jí

    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

    鞭 (literal) → 鞭 · biān · whip 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 莫 (literal) → 莫 · mò · not 及 (literal) → 及 · jí · to reach

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

    created sense