Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「近在咫尺」.
Here, we present the idiom 「近在咫尺」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Describes a very close distance.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jìn zài zhǐ chǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kan5/gan6 joi6 ji2 chek3
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
