求之不得 — Chinese idiom
求之不得
qiú zhī bù dé
Meaning
- lit. seek but fail to get ; fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
Character by character
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
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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