Je was op zoek naar: 近在咫尺 (Chinees (Vereenvoudigd) - Engels)

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