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Today, we explore the idiom 「望塵靡及」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

A metaphor for being far behind. Same as “far beyond reach”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wàng chén mí jí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mong6 chan4 mei5 kap6

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