近在咫尺

jìn zài zhǐ chǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. to be almost within reach
  2. 2. to be close at hand

Child Words of 近在咫尺

在
zài

to exist; to be alive

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

近
jìn

near

咫
zhǐ

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

咫尺
zhǐ chǐ

very close