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可望而不可及

kě wàng ér bù kě jí

6-character word

What 可望而不可及 means

1. idiomin sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible

The characters in 可望而不可及

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 及jíand; to reach; up to

Sounds the same

Read kě wàng ér bù kě jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 可望而不可即variant of 可望而不可及