奢求
shē qiú
Pinyin
Definition
奢求
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- to make extravagant demands
- an unreasonable request
Character Decomposition
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