画儿上的大虾,看着眼馋,到不了嘴里畫兒上的大蝦,看著眼饞,到不了嘴裡畫兒上的大蝦,看着眼饞,到不了嘴裏

a prawn in a painting: you look and your mouth waters, but it never reaches your mouth

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Something you long for is in sight but out of reach. Close to 'so near and yet so far'.

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Simplified: 画儿上的大虾,看着眼馋,到不了嘴里
Traditional (Taiwan): 畫兒上的大蝦,看著眼饞,到不了嘴裡
Traditional (Hong Kong): 畫兒上的大蝦,看着眼饞,到不了嘴裏
Pinyin: huàr shàng de dàxiā,kànzhe yǎnchán,dào bù liǎo zuǐlǐ
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚ,ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄢˊ,ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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