近在咫尺

jìn zài zhǐ chǐ

Dictionary entry

(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand

What does 近在咫尺 mean?

近在咫尺 (jìn zài zhǐ chǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand

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近jìnnear · close to 在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 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]

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近在咫尺

jìn zài zhǐ chǐ

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