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咫尺

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zhǐ chǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. very close
  2. 2. very near

Words Containing 咫尺

咫尺天涯
zhǐ chǐ tiān yá

so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)

近在咫尺
jìn zài zhǐ chǐ

to be almost within reach

Child Words of 咫尺

尺
chě

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]

尺
chǐ

a Chinese foot

咫
zhǐ

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

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