咫尺天涯 in English zhi3 chi3 tian1 ya2 Meaning

Meanings

• so close, yet worlds apart (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

zhi3 chi3 tian1 ya2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

咫zhi38 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty 尺chi3one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3] 天tian1day 涯ya2border