Chinese–English
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn · wang yang xing tan
Traditional 望洋興嘆
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
- fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
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