reach for what is beyond one 's grasp
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch í g ā ow ù Yu ǎ n, which means unrealistic pursuit of too high and too far. It comes from Li Yu's "casual mail, utensil playing, system" in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty wrote "the system of casual sending, utensils playing, etc." but at the beginning of his conception, it was a bit too far fetched. "
reach for what is beyond one 's grasp
well-known mountains and rivers - míng shān dà chuān
blindly copying others and making oneself look foolish - dōng shī xiào pín
an author with many works to his credit - zhù zuò děng shēn