骑驴找马 — Chinese idiom

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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