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望洋兴叹 (望洋興嘆)

wàng yáng xīng tàn

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

望
=
肓
+
王
洋
=
氵
+
羊
兴
=
⺍
+
一
+
八
叹
=
口
+
又

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