Results for 近在咫尺 translation from Chinese (Simplified) to English

近在咫尺
almost within reach

裁谈会1998年届会结束时，按照一位大使非常准确的说法，裁谈会对接纳这五个新成员达成一致意见已 "近在咫尺 "。
at the end of the 1998 cd session the cd was, as one ambassador accurately described it, “within a hair's breadth” of reaching consensus to admit these five new members.

写在纸上的承诺 "人人生而自由，在尊严和权利上一律平等 "近在咫尺，垂手可得。
the promise written down on paper -- "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights " -- is closer at hand.

咫尺天涯
so close, yet worlds apart