趋之若鹜 — Chinese idiom

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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