求田问舍 (求田問舍)
qiú tián wèn shè
Pinyin
Definition
求田问舍 (求田問舍)
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- lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
- fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to give up
- 2 to abandon
- 3 to give alms
- 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 reluctant to part with (sth or sb)
- 2 unwilling to let go of
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
依依不舍
- 1 reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
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)