reach for what is beyond one 's grasp(chí gāo wù yuǎn)

reach for what is beyond one 's grasp

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch í g ā ow ù Yu ǎ n, which means unrealistic pursuit of too high and too far. It comes from Li Yu's "casual mail, utensil playing, system" in Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty wrote "the system of casual sending, utensils playing, etc." but at the beginning of his conception, it was a bit too far fetched. "

Chinese PinYin : chí gāo wù yuǎn