求贤若渴 — Chinese idiom
求贤若渴
qiú xián ruò kě
Traditional: 求賢若渴
Meaning
- to eagerly seek talented people
Character by character
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 渴kěthirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
Idioms sharing a character
- 不忮不求 bù zhì bù qiú
- 不求甚解 bù qiú shèn jiě
- 刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn
- 吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī
- 梦寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú
- 孜孜以求 zī zī yǐ qiú
- 寤寐求之 wù mèi qiú zhī
- 实事求是 shí shì qiú shì
- 急于求成 jí yú qiú chéng
- 舍身求法 shě shēn qiú fǎ
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