遙遙無期
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to have no fixed time frame; to be indefinite | |||
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trad. (遙遙無期) | 遙遙 | 無期 | |
simp. (遥遥无期) | 遥遥 | 无期 |
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遙遙無期
- far away in time and not within the foreseeable future
- 南蘇丹約400萬人流離失所,全國大半人民食不果腹,而衝突各方數次簽署的停火協議多數淪為廢紙,和平遙遙無期。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 李逸达 (2018 February 10) “南苏丹和平进程艰难推进”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 11
- Nánsūdān yuē 400 wàn rén liúlíshīsuǒ, quánguó dàbàn rénmín shíbùguǒfù, ér chōngtū gèfāng shù cì qiānshǔ de tínghuǒ xiéyì duōshù lúnwéi fèizhǐ, hépíng yáoyáowúqī. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
南苏丹约400万人流离失所,全国大半人民食不果腹,而冲突各方数次签署的停火协议多数沦为废纸,和平遥遥无期。 [MSC, simp.]
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