求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
Pinyin

Definition

求学无坦途
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qiú xué wú tǎn tú
  1. The path of learning can never be smooth.
  2. There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

求
qiú
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to request
  4. 4 to demand
  5. 5 to beseech
要求
yāo qiú
  1. 1 to request
  2. 2 to require
  3. 3 requirement
  4. 4 to stake a claim
  5. 5 to ask
  6. 6 to demand
  7. 7 CL:點|点[diǎn]
追求
zhuī qiú
  1. 1 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
  2. 2 to seek after
  3. 3 to woo
不求人
bù qiú rén
  1. 1 backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
中途
zhōng tú
  1. 1 midway
乞求
qǐ qiú
  1. 1 to beg
前途
qián tú
  1. 1 prospects
  2. 2 future outlook
  3. 3 journey
坦克
tǎn kè
  1. 1 tank (military vehicle) (loanword)
坦然
tǎn rán
  1. 1 calm
  2. 2 undisturbed
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
坦诚
tǎn chéng
  1. 1 candid
  2. 2 frank
  3. 3 plain dealing
奢求
shē qiú
  1. 1 to make extravagant demands
  2. 2 an unreasonable request
寻求
xún qiú
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
平坦
píng tǎn
  1. 1 level
  2. 2 even
  3. 3 smooth
  4. 4 flat
强求
qiǎng qiú
  1. 1 to insist on
  2. 2 to demand
  3. 3 to impose
征途
zhēng tú
  1. 1 long journey
  2. 2 trek
  3. 3 course of an expedition
征求
zhēng qiú
  1. 1 to solicit
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 to request (opinions, feedback etc)
  4. 4 to petition
爱因斯坦
Ài yīn sī tǎn
  1. 1 Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
旅途
lu:3 tú
  1. 1 journey
  2. 2 trip
歧途
qí tú
  1. 1 fork in a road
  2. 2 wrong road

Idioms (20)

不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
  1. 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
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
可遇不可求
kě yù bù kě qiú
  1. 1 can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
  2. 2 one can only come across such things serendipitously
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
  1. 1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2 nitpick
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
梦寐以求
mèng mèi yǐ qiú
  1. 1 to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
  2. 2 to long for sth day and night
孜孜以求
zī zī yǐ qiú
  1. 1 diligent and tireless (idiom)
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
实事求是
shí shì qiú shì
  1. 1 to seek truth from facts (idiom)
  2. 2 to be practical and realistic
急于求成
jí yú qiú chéng
  1. 1 anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success
  2. 2 impatient for result
  3. 3 impetuous
舍身求法
shě shēn qiú fǎ
  1. 1 to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
死中求生
sǐ zhōng qiú shēng
  1. 1 to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
  1. 1 different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
求之不得
qiú zhī bù dé
  1. 1 lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
求人不如求己
qiú rén bù rú qiú jǐ
  1. 1 if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)

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