近在咫尺 — Chinese idiom
近在咫尺
jìn zài zhǐ chǐ
Meaning
- very close; almost within reach; close at hand
Character by character
- 近jìnto approach; near, close; intimate
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present
- 咫zhǐunit of length used during the Zhou dynasty
- 尺chǐruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.
Idioms sharing a character
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 平易近人 píng yì jìn rén
- 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì
- 言近旨远 yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn
- 贵远贱近 guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
- 近朱近墨 jìn zhū jìn mò
- 近水楼台 jìn shuǐ lóu tái
- 远近皆知 yuǎn jìn jiē zhī
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 胜券在握 shèng quàn zài wò
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