镜子里的东西，看得见，拿不出鏡子里的東西，看得見，拿不出鏡子里的東西，看得見，拿不出

things in a mirror: you can see them but cannot take them out

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Said of something wanted that is in sight but out of reach. Wry or resigned.

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Simplified: 镜子里的东西，看得见，拿不出
Traditional (Taiwan): 鏡子里的東西，看得見，拿不出
Pinyin: jìngzi lǐ de dōngxi, kàndejiàn, ná bù chū
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄒㄧ，ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄐㄧㄢˋ，ㄋㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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