央求
yāng qiú
Pinyin
Definition
央求
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- to implore
- to plead
- to ask earnestly
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái]
- 1 to seek
- 2 to look for
- 3 to request
- 4 to demand
- 5 to beseech
- 1 to request
- 2 to require
- 3 requirement
- 4 to stake a claim
- 5 to ask
- 6 to demand
- 7 classifier: 点 diǎn
- 1 central
- 2 middle
- 3 center
- 4 central authorities (of a state)
- 1 abbr. for various central banks, notably 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín háng] and 中央銀行|中央银行[Zhōng yāng Yín háng]
Idioms (20)
不求有功,但求无过
- 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
不求甚解
- 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
- 2 not bothered with the details
- 3 superficial
- 4 content with shallow understanding
刻舟求剑
- 1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
千军易得,一将难求
- 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
可遇不可求
- 1 can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
- 2 one can only come across such things serendipitously