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 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly

2 to seek after

3 to woo

1 backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)

1 midway

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

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

1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

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

1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)