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咫尺天涯 (zhǐ chǐ tiān yá): So near yet so far — Meaning & Stroke Order

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咫尺天涯 consists of 4 characters.

foot measure of Zhou dynasty

a unit of length; ruler

sky, heaven, or the celestial realm

shore, bank, limit, boundary

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Pinyinzhǐ chǐ tiān yá

Meaningso near yet so far; separated by a great distance despite being physically close

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Word咫尺天涯

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 咫尺天涯.

Words with 咫

咫尺zhǐchǐ
近在咫尺jìn zài zhǐ chǐ

Words with 尺

尺子chǐ ziHSK 5
尺寸chǐ cunHSK 6
尺度chǐ dùHSK 7-9
咫尺zhǐchǐ
尺码chǐ mǎ
英尺yīng chǐ
得寸进尺dé cùn jìn chǐ
近在咫尺jìn zài zhǐ chǐ

Words with 天

今天jīn tiānHSK 1
天气tiān qìHSK 1
明天míng tiānHSK 1
昨天zuó tiānHSK 1
白天bái tiānHSK 1
星期天Xīng qī tiānHSK 1
冬天dōng tiānHSK 3
前天

Words with 涯

生涯shēng yáHSK 7-9
天涯tiān yá
天涯海角tiān yá hǎi jiǎo

qián tiān

HSK 3

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