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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 望尘莫及

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
望尘莫及 wàng chén mò jí - lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
- to be far inferior

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 37,758 37,672 31,809

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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]
chén- dust
- dirt
- earth
- surname Mo
- do not
- there is none who
- and
- to reach
- up to
- in time for

Other Words Containing 望尘莫及

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
望尘莫及 - - 37,758 37,672 31,809