可遇不可求 - can be discovered but not sought (idiom), one can only come across such things serendipitously - kě yù bù kě qiú | Definition | ChinesePod.com

可遇不可求

kě yù bù kě qiú

Pinyin

Definition

可遇不可求

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kě yù bù kě qiú

can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
one can only come across such things serendipitously

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù

1 (negative prefix)
2 not
3 no

kě

1 can
2 may
3 able to
4 to approve
5 to permit
6 to suit
7 (particle used for emphasis) certainly
8 very

kě yǐ

1 can
2 may
3 possible
4 able to
5 not bad
6 pretty good

bù jiǔ

1 not long (after)
2 before too long
3 soon
4 soon after

bù dàn

1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休

yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
3 in for a penny, in for a pound

一问三不知

yī wèn sān bù zhī

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
3 complete ignorance

一尘不染

yī chén bù rǎn

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
2 spotless

一字不提

yī zì bù tí

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

也有道理，不过最重要的还是缘分，有可能你碰到一个人，和你理想中的男人一点儿都不像。但是你们就是有感觉。总之爱情可遇不可求。

yě yǒu dàolǐ ，bùguò zuì zhòngyào de hái shì yuánfèn ，yǒu kěnéng nǐ pèngdào yī ge rén ，hé nǐ lǐxiǎng zhōng de nánrén yīdiǎnérdōu bù xiàng 。dànshì nǐmen jiùshì yǒu gǎnjué 。zǒngzhī àiqíng kěyùbùkěqiú 。

That's also reasonable. But the most important is destiny. Maybe you'll bump into someone who is not at all like your ideal man. But you have real chemistry. In the end, love is something you can only bump into-- you can't go looking for it.