咫尺天涯

zhǐ chǐ tiān yá

Dictionary entry

so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)

What does 咫尺天涯 mean?

咫尺天涯 (zhǐ chǐ tiān yá) has the following dictionary meaning.

1so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)

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咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty 尺chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]天tiānday · sky 涯yáborder · horizon

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咫尺天涯

zhǐ chǐ tiān yá

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