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比喻自己失去机会或能力不够而感到无可奈何，例这座山峰美而不高，但对那些年老体弱的游客而言，也只能在山下望洋兴叹。
Though the top of the hill is very beautiful，yet the height is too much for the older people to tackle；they can only bemoan their inability to reach up to the top．