遥不可及

yáo bù kě jí

out of reach; unattainable

Character by character

遥yáo
far

不bù
not

可kě
can

及jí
reach

对很多年轻人来说，在大城市买房似乎越来越遥不可及。

For many young people, buying a flat in a big city seems ever more out of reach.

Tone: neutral.

Of goals, dreams and prices: 遥不可及的梦想, 看似遥不可及. Its opposite is 近在咫尺 from lesson 5-15, and the two often stand together in a turn: 曾经遥不可及，如今近在咫尺.

Learn this in Lesson 124 · HSK 7–9: 人造太阳的一千秒 (Science news: 1,066 seconds of an artificial sun)

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