望洋兴叹

wàng yáng xīng tàn

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 望洋兴叹

• 望 望 wàng: full moon
• 洋 洋 yáng: ocean
• 叹 叹 tàn: to sigh
• 望洋 望洋 wàng yáng: (literary) to gaze in the air
• 兴 兴 xīng: to rise
• 兴 兴 xìng: feeling or desire to do sth