| 鞭 |
biān cháng mò jí | lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help |
| 鞭 |
biān | whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food) |
| 长 |
cháng | length / long / forever / always / constantly |
| 长 |
zhǎng | chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 莫 |
Mò | surname Mo |
| 莫 |
mò | do not / there is none who |
| 及 |
jí | and / to reach / up to / in time for |