骑驴找马 — Chinese idiom
骑驴找马
qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ
Traditional: 騎驢找馬
Meaning
- (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
Character by character
- 骑qíto ride, to mount; cavalry
- 驴lǘdonkey, ass
- 找zhǎoto search for, to look for, to find; change (as in
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一骑绝尘 yī qí jué chén
- 势成骑虎 shì chéng qí hǔ
- 骑虎难下 qí hǔ nán xià
- 骑马找马 qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ
- 骑驴找驴 qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ
- 博士买驴 bó shì mǎi lǘ
- 卸磨杀驴 xiè mò shā lǘ
- 驴唇马嘴 lǘ chún mǎ zuǐ
- 黔驴技穷 Qián lǘ jì qióng
- 没事找事 méi shì zhǎo shì
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