寤寐求之 — Chinese idiom
寤寐求之
wù mèi qiú zhī
Meaning
- to long for sb or sth day and night; to seek it unceasingly
Character by character
- 寤wùfew, scarce; empty, deserted
- 寐mèisleep; asleep
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
Idioms sharing a character
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 梦寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú
- 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
- 孜孜以求 zī zī yǐ qiú
- 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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