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咫尺天涯 (zi2 cek3 tin1 ngaai4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

咫尺天涯 (zi2 cek3 tin1 ngaai4, zhǐ chǐ tiān yá) — so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 咫 (zi2) — 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 咫尺 (zi2 cek3) — (literary) very close; very near
• 之不過 (zi1 bat1 gwo3) — (conjunction) however; but;
• 之但係 (zi1 daan6 hai6) — But
• 之先 (zi1 sin1) — long before, ahead
• 之嘛 (zi1 maa3) — (modal particle) Used at the end of a sentence, usually to show the unimportanc…

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