| 釋義 |
鞭長莫及鞭長不及馬腹biān cháng mò jíabove (/out of)one’s reach (/powers); beyond one’s ability to help; beyond one’s compass (/depth/grasp/power/reach/strength); beyond the capacity (/reach) of one’s power (/authority); too far away for one to be able to help; cannot do it much as one would like to/“發(fā)現(xiàn)了些什么問題嗎？”李科長抽著紙煙說：“難，山高皇帝遠(yuǎn)，真是～！”(草明《原動力》29) “What problems have cropped up?” asked Manager Li puffing at his cigarette. “Difficult.‘The mountain’s high,the Emperor far away’； really‘Although the whip is long it cannot reach them!’”/古人有言曰： “雖鞭之長，不及馬腹。”(《左傳·宣十五年》)The ancients had a saying that,however long the whip was,it did not reach the horse’s belly. 鞭長莫及biān chánɡ mò jí比喻力量達(dá)不到。too far away for one to be able to help, beyond the reach of one’s power, beyond one’s compass |