"out of reach" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
遥不可及 遙不可及 yáo bù kě jí unattainable / far-fetched / out of reach / exceedingly remote or distant
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn
所及 suǒ jí to reach as far as / within reach
破瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64
长臂吊车 long-reach crane / long-reach boom
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn
gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn
拓展项目 拓展項目 Reach Out Project
拉满 拉滿 lā mǎn to max out / (of a feeling, atmosphere etc) to reach peak intensity
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn
miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn
to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
达到 達到 dá dào to reach / to achieve / to attain syn
成人 chéng rén to reach adulthood / an adult syn
到达 到達 dào dá to reach / to arrive syn
高达 高達 gāo dá to attain / to reach up to syn
达成 達成 dá chéng to reach (an agreement) / to accomplish syn
结论 結論 jié lùn conclusion / verdict / CL:個|个[ge4] / to conclude / to reach a verdict syn
成交 chéng jiāo to complete a contract / to reach a deal syn
可达 可達 kě dá can reach / can get as high as / up to
上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
抵达 抵達 dǐ dá to arrive / to reach (a destination) syn
落地 luò dì to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land syn
卖出 賣出 mài chū to sell / to reach (a price in an auction) syn
过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn
相约 相約 xiāng yuē to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment
妥协 妥協 tuǒ xié to compromise / to reach terms / a compromise syn
协定 協定 xié dìng agreement / accord / to reach an agreement syn
达不到 達不到 dá bù dào cannot achieve / cannot reach
达标 達標 dá biāo to reach a set standard syn
拍出 pāi chū to sell at auction / to reach a given price at auction
阶梯 階梯 jiē tī flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone / way to reach the goal of syn
射程 shè chéng range / reach / firing range
告终 告終 gào zhōng to end / to reach an end syn
封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn
近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ (idiom) very close / almost within reach / close at hand syn
自问 自問 zì wèn to ask oneself / to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter syn
参天 參天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky syn
白热化 白熱化 bái rè huà to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax syn
dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn
出神入化 chū shén rù huà to reach perfection (idiom) / a superb artistic achievement syn
荣登 榮登 róng dēng (of a list, music chart etc) to reach the top
登峰造极 登峰造極 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) syn
摸不着 摸不著 mō bu zháo can't touch / can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
靠岸 kào àn (of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall
企及 qǐ jí to hope to reach / to strive for
审结 審結 shěn jié (law) to try (a criminal case) and reach a conclusion syn
议定 議定 yì dìng to reach an agreement / to agree upon syn
定案 dìng àn to reach a verdict / to conclude a judgment syn
高不可攀 gāo bù kě pān too high to reach (idiom) / eminent and unapproachable syn
日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for
成道 chéng dào to reach illumination (Buddhism)
青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn
可望而不可及 kě wàng ér bù kě jí (idiom) in sight but beyond reach / unattainable / inaccessible syn
上达 上達 shàng dá to reach the higher authorities
莫衷一是 mò zhōng yī shì unable to reach a decision (idiom) / cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion syn
and / to reach / up to / in time for syn
鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 biān cháng mò jí lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom) / beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help syn
合议 合議 hé yì to discuss together / to try to reach a common judgment / panel discussion
to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent syn
滿 mǎn to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented syn
高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
不到长城非好汉 不到長城非好漢 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
suì to satisfy / to succeed / then / thereupon / finally / unexpectedly / to proceed / to reach syn
dài (literary) to reach / used in 逮捕[dai4bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3]) syn
xié (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) humorous / (literary) to reach agreement
zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach
zhēn to arrive / to reach (esp. perfection) / utmost / (used in commercials) syn
and / to reach to / the limits syn
chēng stare at sth beyond reach
to go / to reach
to reach / when
kǎn to be unable to reach one's aim / to be full of misfortune
及锋而试 及鋒而試 jí fēng ér shì lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom) / to have a go when at one's peak
逍遥自在 逍遙自在 xiāo yáo zì zai free and at leisure (idiom) / unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large syn
颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
高不凑低不就 高不湊低不就 gāo bù còu dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
触手可及 觸手可及 chù shǒu kě jí within reach
九天揽月 九天攬月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè (idiom) to reach for the stars
物极必反 物極必反 wù jí bì fǎn when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
无所不至 無所不至 wú suǒ bù zhì to reach everywhere / to stop at nothing / to do one's utmost syn
力有未逮 lì yǒu wèi dài beyond one's reach or power (to do sth)
升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level syn
gòu implicate / reach to
huāng a watery waste / to reach
luxuriant growth / extreme / reach
及笄 jí jī to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
取得一致 qǔ dé yī zhì to reach a consensus
可通 kě tōng passable / possible to reach
够不着 夠不著 gòu bu zháo to be unable to reach
够得着 夠得著 gòu de zháo to reach (with one's hand etc) / (fig.) to attain (an objective)
凑手 湊手 còu shǒu at hand / within easy reach / convenient / handy syn
炼之未定 煉之未定 liàn zhī wèi dìng to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
绝域 絕域 jué yù a faraway and hard-to-reach land (classical)
达成协议 達成協議 dá chéng xié yì to reach agreement
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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