to fall far behind
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ē NGH ū Q í h ò u, which means that you can't catch up with others when you are behind others. From Zhuangzi Tianzifang.
Notes on Idioms
Stare: stare at; its: pronoun, he.
The origin of Idioms
"Chuang Tzu Tian Zi Fang" says: "the master ran to escape from the dust, but when he came back, he was as surprised as if later."
Idiom usage
To use as a predicate or in writing. The "ten complete martial arts" of the Qianlong Dynasty is of course astonishing, that is, the rebellion in San Francisco in the Kangxi Dynasty was not as good in terms of scale and difficulty. (Gao Yang's "jade seat and Pearl curtain" Volume I)
to fall far behind
Better be a chicken than a cow - nìng wéi jī kǒu,bù wéi niú hòu