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Here’s the idiom 「望塵不及」, with its definition and practical application described below.
A metaphor for being far behind. Same as “far beyond reach”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wàng chén bù jí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mong6 chan4 bat1 kap6
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