祈求
qí qiú
Pinyin

Definition

祈求
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qí qiú
  1. to pray for
  2. to appeal

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 classifier: 点 diǎn
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
强求
qiǎng qiú
  1. 1 to insist on
  2. 2 to demand
  3. 3 to impose

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
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)
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

Sample Sentences

祈求上天有好生之德，他们都能安然无恙，早日回到父母身边。
qíqiú shàngtiān yǒu hàoshēngzhīdé ，tāmen dōu néng ānránwúyàng ，zǎorì huídào fùmǔ shēnbiān 。
Let’s pray Heaven have mercy on them and they will be able to return safely to their parents as soon as possible.
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龙舟的前面为什么是龙，不是别的动物呢？最重要的原因是，中国人认为龙代表吉祥，而且龙是掌管气候和水的，所以在河上纪念屈原、祈求平安的活动当然要用“龙舟”。
Lóngzhōu de qiánmian wèishénme shì lóng ，búshì biéde dòngwù ne ？zuì zhòngyào de yuányīn shì ，Zhōngguórén rènwéi lóng dàibiǎo jíxiáng ，érqiě lóng shì zhǎngguǎn qìhòu hé shuǐ de ，suǒyǐ zài hé shàng jìniàn Qū Yuán 、qíqiú píng ān de huódòng dāngrán yào yòng “Lóngzhōu ”。
Why is there a dragon at the front of a dragon boat and not another animal? The most important reason is that Chinese people consider dragons as a sign of good luck, and dragons were known to be in charge of weather and water. So it is only natural that we select "dragon boats", as we commemorate Qu Yuan on rivers and pray for safe tidings.
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哎，管不了那么多了，我只祈求核辐射别飘到我们这边就好了。
āi ，guǎnbùliǎo nàme duō le ，wǒ zhǐ qíqiú héfúshè bié piāo dào wǒmen zhèbiān jiùhǎole 。
Agh, not much we can do about it I guess. I just pray that the radiation doesn't blow over here.
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