趋吉避凶 — Chinese idiom
趋吉避凶
qū jí bì xiōng
Traditional: 趨吉避凶
Meaning
- to seek luck and avoid calamity
Character by character
- 趋qūto hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 避bìto avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
Idioms sharing a character
- 亦步亦趋 yì bù yì qū
- 大势所趋 dà shì suǒ qū
- 趋之若鹜 qū zhī ruò wù
- 趋利避害 qū lì bì hài
- 趋炎附势 qū yán fù shì
- 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo
- 吉光片羽 jí guāng piàn yǔ
- 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì
- 完事大吉 wán shì dà jí
- 良辰吉日 liáng chén jí rì
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