Powered by CC-CEDICT
Trad. 徵求
- to solicit
- to seek
- to request (opinions, feedback etc)
- to petition
- to request
- to require
- requirement
- to stake a claim
- to ask
- to demand
- CL:點|点[dian3]
Trad. 訴求
- to demand; to call for; to petition
- demand; wish; request
- to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers)
- (marketing) message; pitch
- survival
- the struggle to eke out a living
- to seek for continued existence
Trad. 求親
- to make an offer of marriage (to another family on behalf of one's son or daughter)
- to seek a marriage alliance
- (traditional title of first readers)
- primary education
- teaching the ignorant
- light to the barbarian
- Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
Trad. 獨孤求敗
- Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels
Trad. 穩中求進
- to make progress while ensuring stability
Trad. 誅求無厭
- (idiom) to relentlessly make excessive demands
Trad. 誅求無已
- to make endless exorbitant demands
Trad. 有求必應
- to grant whatever is asked for
- to accede to every plea
Trad. 不求收獲
- not expecting any reward
- not asking for favors
- lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
- not bothered with the details
- superficial
- content with shallow understanding
Trad. 實事求是
- lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom)
- fig. to be practical and realistic
Trad. 捨身求法
- to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
Trad. 緣木求魚
- lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
Trad. 反求諸己
- to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
Trad. 訪師求學
- to seek a teacher desiring to study
Trad. 請求寬恕
- to sue for mercy
- to ask for forgiveness
- begging for magnanimity
- lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
- nitpick
Trad. 刻舟求劍
- lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
- lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
- lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom)
- fig. to have one's wish fulfilled
Trad. 求同存異
- (idiom) to put aside differences and work together; to seek common ground and cooperate
- (idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed
- to live a simple life, free from worldly desires
- to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom)
- to strive to achieve the best possible results
- to be a perfectionist
- (idiom) to constantly seek to improve; to keep perfecting
Trad. 求田問舍
- lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
- fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
Trad. 責備求全
- see 求全責備|求全责备[qiu2 quan2 ze2 bei4]
Trad. 求親靠友
- to rely on the help of relatives and friends
Trad. 求賢若渴
- (idiom) to eagerly seek talented people
Trad. 求道於盲
- see 問道於盲|问道于盲[wen4 dao4 yu2 mang2]
Trad. 求錘得錘
- (neologism c. 2017) (slang) to demand proof of what one believes to be an unfounded accusation only to have irrefutable evidence duly supplied
Trad. 急於求成
- anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success
- impatient for result
- impetuous
Trad. 淺希近求
- to aim low
- to aim to get by
- without lofty ambition
Trad. 存異求同
- see 求同存異|求同存异[qiu2 tong2 cun2 yi4]
Trad. 權利要求
- claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
Trad. 夢寐以求
- lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
- fig. to deeply long for; to covet
- to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
- to settle for second best
- the next best thing
- can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
- one can only come across such things serendipitously
Trad. 社會總需求
- aggregate social demand
- total requirement of society
- if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)
Trad. 需求層次理論
- (Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
Trad. 求爺爺告奶奶
- lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom)
- fig. to go about begging for help
Trad. 不求有功，但求無過
- lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
- fig. to take a risk-averse approach
Trad. 守株待兔，緣木求魚
- to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
Trad. 千軍易得，一將難求
- Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)