- lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
- to be far inferior
Characters
- 望 (望): full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards
- 尘 (塵): dust; dirt; earth
- 莫 (莫): surname Mo
- 及 (及): and; to reach; up to; in time for
Resources
- Wiktionary: 望尘莫及
- MDBG: 望尘莫及
- Examples with 望尘莫及 on Tatoeba
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