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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 望洋興嘆 [ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ; wang4 yang2 xing1 tan4]
 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
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