望其項背

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Chinese

hope; expect; to visit
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
 
his; her; its
his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
 
person's back; view of someone's back; figure seen from behind
trad. (望其項背) 項背
simp. (望其项背) 项背
Literally: “can see the neck and back of somebody ahead”.

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Idiom

望其項背

  1. to get within a little distance of somebody; to be a match for somebody; to stand comparison with somebody