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遥不可及

yáo bù kě jí

4-character word Traditional 遙不可及

What 遥不可及 means

1. unattainable
2. far-fetched
3. out of reach
4. exceedingly remote or distant

The characters in 遥不可及

• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 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

Example sentences

• 书中满是遥不可及、没有科学根据的理论。
  Shū zhōng mǎn shì yáobùkějí, méiyǒu kēxué gēnjù de lǐlùn.
  The book is full of far-flung theories without any basis in scientific fact.
• 她觉得浑身不自在，尽管这个奇怪孩子的身体可能坐在桌子旁，但她的精神却在风尘云雾中遥不可及，高高地于想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
  She had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.
• 她觉得浑身不自在，尽管这个奇怪孩子的身体可能坐在桌子旁，但她的精神却在遥远的风尘云雾中遥不可及，高高地于想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
  Tā juéde húnshēn bù zìzai, jǐnguǎn zhège qíguài háizi de shēntǐ kěnéng zuò zài zhuōzi páng, dàn tā de jīngshén què zài yáoyuǎn de fēngchén yúnwù zhōng yáobùkějí, gāo gāodì yú xiǎngxiànglì de chìbǎng shàng piāofú.
  She had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.