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咫尺天涯
zhǐ chǐ tiān yá
What 咫尺天涯 means
- so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
The characters in 咫尺天涯
- 咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
- 尺chǐa Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler
- 天tiānday; sky; heaven
- 涯yáborder; horizon; shore
Go deeper
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǐ chǐ tiān yá correctly.
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