Definition
高不可攀 is a set phrase (成语) meaning something is so high that it cannot be climbed. It's used figuratively to describe goals, standards, or social positions that are unreachable or unattainable — for example, a target too ambitious, a person of too high status to approach, or a level of excellence one cannot match. The literal image is a mountain too steep to scale.
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unreachableunattainable (of goals, status, standards)
Examples
- 高不可攀，。Zhège mùbiāo duì dà duōshù rén lái shuō gāo bù kě pān, dàn wǒ huì jìnlì chángshì.This goal is unattainable for most people, but I will try my best.
- 高不可攀，。Tā zǒng juéde nà wèi jiàoshòu gāo bù kě pān, suǒyǐ bù gǎn xiàng tā qǐngjiào.She always felt that professor was too high-status to approach, so she didn't dare ask him for advice.
- 高不可攀，。Nà zuò shān gāo bù kě pān, zhǐyǒu zuì zhuānyè de dēngshān duì cáinéng dēngdǐng.That mountain is unreachable; only the most professional mountaineering team can summit it.
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