趋之若鹜 — Chinese idiom
趋之若鹜
qū zhī ruò wù
Traditional: 趨之若鶩
Meaning
- to rush like ducks ; the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
- an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
Character by character
- 趋qūto hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 鹜wùduck
Idioms sharing a character
- 亦步亦趋 yì bù yì qū
- 大势所趋 dà shì suǒ qū
- 趋利避害 qū lì bì hài
- 趋吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng
- 趋炎附势 qū yán fù shì
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一技之长 yī jì zhī cháng
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