望尘莫及 — Chinese idiom
望尘莫及
wàng chén mò jí
Traditional: 望塵莫及
Meaning
- lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up
- to be far inferior
Character by character
- 望wàngto expect, to hope, to look forward to
- 尘chéncinders, ashes, dust, dirt
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 及jíto extend; to reach; and; in time
Idioms sharing a character
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一望而知 yī wàng ér zhī
- 不孚众望 bù fú zhòng wàng
- 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 名门望族 míng mén wàng zú
- 喜出望外 xǐ chū wàng wài
- 大喜过望 dà xǐ guò wàng
- 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng
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