鞭長莫及

Chinese

		a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	do not; there is none who	to reach; and
trad. (鞭長莫及)		鞭	長	莫	及
simp. (鞭长莫及)		鞭	长	莫	及
Literally: “the whip, although long, cannot reach”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānchángmòjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ coeng⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānchángmòjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianchángmòjí
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-chʻang²-mo⁴-chi²
    • Yale: byān-cháng-mwò-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biancharngmohjyi
    • Palladius: бяньчанмоцзи (bjanʹčanmoczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹ coeng⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶
    • Yale: bīn chèuhng mohk kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ tsoeng⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ cêng⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Tâi-lô: pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piendiongbogkip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/

Idiom

鞭長莫及

1. beyond one's influence; too far to be able to help