望尘莫及 (望塵莫及)
wàng chén mò jí
Pinyin

Definition

望尘莫及 (望塵莫及)
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wàng chén mò jí
  1. lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
  2. to be far inferior

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

及
jí
  1. 1 and
  2. 2 to reach
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 in time for
希望
xī wàng
  1. 1 to wish for
  2. 2 to desire
  3. 3 hope
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
以及
yǐ jí
  1. 1 as well as
  2. 2 too
  3. 3 and
仰望
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
来得及
lái de jí
  1. 1 there's still time
  2. 2 able to do sth in time

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一望无垠
yī wàng wú yín
  1. 1 to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望无际
yī wàng wú jì
  1. 1 as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn
  1. 1 left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)