Tā kǔkǔ xúnzhǎo de dá'àn yuǎnzài tiānbiān, jìnzàiyǎnqián.
The answer she searched for so hard was far away yet right before her eyes.
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远在天边 almost always appears paired with 近在眼前 ('close at hand') to create the ironic contrast: the thing one is searching for far and wide is actually right in front of them.
