望洋兴叹

wàng yáng xīng tàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)

Child Words of 望洋兴叹

望
wàng

full moon

洋
yáng

ocean

叹
tàn

to sigh

望洋
wàng yáng

(literary) to gaze in the air

兴
xīng

to rise

兴
xìng

feeling or desire to do sth