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Definition(s) for: 可望而不可及

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
可望而不可及 kě wàng ér bù kě jí - (idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 42,488 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
wàng- full moon
- to hope
- to expect
- to visit
- to gaze (into the distance)
- to look towards
- towards
wàng- 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- old variant of 望[wang4]
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- and
- to reach
- up to
- in time for

Other Words Containing 可望而不可及

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
可望而不可及 - - 42,488 - -