Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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求 | 求 | qiú | - to seek - to look for - to request - to demand - to beseech |
乞求 | 乞求 | qǐqiú | - to beg |
以求 | 以求 | yǐqiú | - in order to |
企求 | 企求 | qǐqiú | - to seek for - to hope to gain - desirous |
供求 | 供求 | gōngqiú | - supply and demand (economics) |
促求 | 促求 | cùqiú | - to urge |
刑求 | 刑求 | xíngqiú | - to extort confession by torture |
力求 | 力求 | lìqiú | - to make every effort to - striving to do one's best |
告求 | 告求 | gàoqiú | - to ask |
哀求 | 哀求 | āiqiú | - to entreat - to implore - to plead |
央求 | 央求 | yāngqiú | - to implore - to plead - to ask earnestly |
奢求 | 奢求 | shēqiú | - to make extravagant demands - an unreasonable request |
妄求 | 妄求 | wàngqiú | - inappropriate or presumptuous demands |
寻求 | 尋求 | xúnqiú | - to seek - to look for |
强求 | 強求 | qiǎngqiú | - to force sb to do sth - to importune - to demand insistently - insistence |
征求 | 徵求 | zhēngqiú | - to solicit - to seek - to request (opinions, feedback etc) - to petition |
恳求 | 懇求 | kěnqiú | - to beg - to beseech - to entreat - entreaty |
探求 | 探求 | tànqiú | - to seek - to pursue - to investigate |
推求 | 推求 | tuīqiú | - to inquire - to ascertain |
搜求 | 搜求 | sōuqiú | - to seek - to look for |
求乞 | 求乞 | qiúqǐ | - to beg |
求人 | 求人 | qiúrén | - to ask for help - to ask a favor - to recruit talented people |
求偿 | 求償 | qiúcháng | - to seek compensation - indemnity |
求助 | 求助 | qiúzhù | - to request help - to appeal (for help) |
求取 | 求取 | qiúqǔ | - to seek after - to strive for |
求同 | 求同 | qiútóng | - to seek consensus - to seek conformity |
求告 | 求告 | qiúgào | - to implore - to beseech |
求和 | 求和 | qiúhé | - to sue for peace - to look for a draw (chess) - summation (math) |
求婚 | 求婚 | qiúhūn | - to propose marriage |
求存 | 求存 | qiúcún | - survival - the struggle to eke out a living - to seek for continued existence |
求学 | 求學 | qiúxué | - to study - to seek knowledge - to attend college - at school - learning - education |
求得 | 求得 | qiúdé | - to ask for sth and receive it - to try to obtain - to look for and obtain |
求情 | 求情 | qiúqíng | - to plea for leniency - to ask for a favor |
求爱 | 求愛 | qiúài | - to woo |
求援 | 求援 | qiúyuán | - to ask for help |
求救 | 求救 | qiújiù | - to cry for help |
求教 | 求教 | qiújiào | - to ask for advice - seeking instruction |
求是 | 求是 | qiúshì | - to seek the truth |
求生 | 求生 | qiúshēng | - to seek survival - to possess the will to live |
求知 | 求知 | qiúzhī | - anxious to learn - keen for knowledge |
求索 | 求索 | qiúsuǒ | - to search for sth - to seek - to quest - to explore |
求职 | 求職 | qiúzhí | - to seek employment |
求解 | 求解 | qiújiě | - to require a solution - to seek to solve (an equation) |
求证 | 求證 | qiúzhèng | - to seek proof - to seek confirmation |
求医 | 求醫 | qiúyī | - to seek medical treatment - to see a doctor |
求饶 | 求饒 | qiúráo | - to beg forgiveness |
渴求 | 渴求 | kěqiú | - to long for - to crave for - to greatly desire |
营求 | 營求 | yíngqiú | - to seek - to strive for |
研求 | 研求 | yánqiú | - to study - to probe - to research and examine |
祈求 | 祈求 | qíqiú | - to pray for - to appeal |
索求 | 索求 | suǒqiú | - to seek - to demand |
苛求 | 苛求 | kēqiú | - demanding |
蒙求 | 蒙求 | méngqiú | - (traditional title of first readers) - primary education - teaching the ignorant - light to the barbarian |
要求 | 要求 | yāoqiú | - to request - to require - to stake a claim - to ask - to demand - CL:點|点[dian3] |
访求 | 訪求 | fǎngqiú | - to seek - to search for |
诉求 | 訴求 | sùqiú | - to appeal - to demand (an answer) - requirement - demand - claim - appeal - (marketing) message |
诛求 | 誅求 | zhūqiú | - exorbitant demands - demanding with menaces - extortion |
请求 | 請求 | qǐngqiú | - request - CL:個|个[ge4] |
谋求 | 謀求 | móuqiú | - to seek - to strive for |
讲求 | 講求 | jiǎngqiú | - to stress - to emphasize - particular about sth - to strive for |
贪求 | 貪求 | tānqiú | - to avidly seek |
追求 | 追求 | zhuīqiú | - to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly - to seek after - to woo |
需求 | 需求 | xūqiú | - requirement - (economics) demand |
不求人 | 不求人 | bùqiúrén | - backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) |
事求是 | 事求是 | shìqiúshì | - to seek the truth from facts |
勿求人 | 勿求人 | wùqiúrén | - see 不求人[bu4 qiu2 ren2] |
求怜经 | 求憐經 | qiúliánjīng | - Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass) - Miserere nobis - Lord have mercy upon us |
求知欲 | 求知慾 | qiúzhīyù | - desire for knowledge |
求职信 | 求職信 | qiúzhíxìn | - cover letter - job application |
求职者 | 求職者 | qiúzhízhě | - job applicant |
求医癖 | 求醫癖 | qiúyīpǐ | - Munchausen syndrome |
白求恩 | 白求恩 | BáiQiúēn | - Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning |
总需求 | 總需求 | zǒngxūqiú | - aggregate demand |
不求收获 | 不求收獲 | bùqiúshōuhuò | - not expecting any reward - not asking for favors |
不求甚解 | 不求甚解 | bùqiúshènjiě | - lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview - not bothered with the details - superficial - content with shallow understanding |
事实求是 | 事實求是 | shìshíqiúshì | - to seek the truth from facts |
供不应求 | 供不應求 | gōngbùyìngqiú | - supply does not meet demand |
供大于求 | 供大於求 | gōngdàyúqiú | - supply exceeds demand |
供过于求 | 供過於求 | gōngguòyúqiú | - supply exceeds demand |
刻意求工 | 刻意求工 | kèyìqiúgōng | - assiduous and painstaking |
刻舟求剑 | 刻舟求劍 | kèzhōuqiújiàn | - lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances |
反求诸己 | 反求諸己 | fǎnqiúzhūjǐ | - to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else |
吹毛求疵 | 吹毛求疵 | chuīmáoqiúcī | - lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious - nitpick |
梦寐以求 | 夢寐以求 | mèngmèiyǐqiú | - to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) - to long for sth day and night |
委曲求全 | 委曲求全 | wěiqūqiúquán | - to accept a compromise |
孜孜以求 | 孜孜以求 | zīzīyǐqiú | - diligent and tireless (idiom) |
实事求是 | 實事求是 | shíshìqiúshì | - to seek truth from facts (idiom) - to be practical and realistic |
忍辱求全 | 忍辱求全 | rěnrǔqiúquán | - to endure humiliation to preserve unity |
急于求成 | 急於求成 | jíyúqiúchéng | - anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success - impatient for result - impetuous |
舍身求法 | 捨身求法 | shěshēnqiúfǎ | - to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom) |
有求必应 | 有求必應 | yǒuqiúbìyìng | - to grant whatever is asked for - to accede to every plea |
权利要求 | 權利要求 | quánlìyāoqiú | - claim to rights (copyright, patent etc) |
死中求生 | 死中求生 | sǐzhōngqiúshēng | - to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life |
毛里求斯 | 毛里求斯 | Máolǐqiúsī | - Mauritius |
求之不得 | 求之不得 | qiúzhībùdé | - lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for |
求全责备 | 求全責備 | qiúquánzébèi | - to demand perfection (idiom) |
求助于人 | 求助於人 | qiúzhùyúrén | - to call upon others for help |
求同存异 | 求同存異 | qiútóngcúnyì | - to seek common ground while holding back differences (idiom); to agree to differ |
求情告饶 | 求情告饒 | qiúqínggàoráo | - to beg for forgiveness (idiom) |
求死愿望 | 求死願望 | qiúsǐyuànwàng | - death wish (translated from English) - Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龍怪客|猛龙怪客[Meng3 long2 guai4 ke4] |
求生意志 | 求生意志 | qiúshēngyìzhì | - the will to live |
求田问舍 | 求田問舍 | qiútiánwènshè | - lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) - fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life |
浅希近求 | 淺希近求 | qiǎnxījìnqiú | - to aim low - to aim to get by - without lofty ambition |
独孤求败 | 獨孤求敗 | DúgūQiúbài | - Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels |
稳中求进 | 穩中求進 | wěnzhōngqiújìn | - to make progress while ensuring stability |
精益求精 | 精益求精 | jīngyìqiújīng | - to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving |
缘木求鱼 | 緣木求魚 | yuánmùqiúyú | - lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible |
苦苦哀求 | 苦苦哀求 | kǔkǔāiqiú | - to entreat piteously - to implore |
行销诉求 | 行銷訴求 | xíngxiāosùqiú | - marketing message |
访师求学 | 訪師求學 | fǎngshīqiúxué | - to seek a teacher desiring to study |
诛求无厌 | 誅求無厭 | zhūqiúwúyàn | - incessant exorbitant demands |
诛求无已 | 誅求無已 | zhūqiúwúyǐ | - to make endless exorbitant demands |
请求宽恕 | 請求寬恕 | qǐngqiúkuānshù | - to sue for mercy - to ask for forgiveness - begging for magnanimity |
贪求无厌 | 貪求無厭 | tānqiúwúyàn | - insatiably greedy (idiom) |
责备求全 | 責備求全 | zébèiqiúquán | - see 求全責備|求全责备[qiu2 quan2 ze2 bei4] |
跪地求饶 | 跪地求饒 | guìdìqiúráo | - to kneel and beg forgiveness |
追根求源 | 追根求源 | zhuīgēnqiúyuán | - to track sth to its roots |
可遇不可求 | 可遇不可求 | kěyùbùkěqiú | - can be discovered but not sought (idiom) - one can only come across such things serendipitously |
求学无坦途 | 求學無坦途 | qiúxuéwútǎntú | - The path of learning can never be smooth. - There is no royal road to learning. (idiom) |
社会总需求 | 社會總需求 | shèhuìzǒngxūqiú | - aggregate social demand - total requirement of society |
退而求其次 | 退而求其次 | tuìérqiúqícì | - to settle for second best - the next best thing |
求人不如求己 | 求人不如求己 | qiúrénbùrúqiújǐ | - if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom) |
需求层次理论 | 需求層次理論 | xūqiúcéngcìlǐlùn | - (Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology) |
不求有功,但求无过 | 不求有功,但求無過 | bùqiúyǒugōng,dànqiúwúguò | - special achievement not required, just no hyperactive blunders (idiom); not hoping to acquire merit, just avoiding mistakes - Take it easy and keep your nose clean. |
千军易得,一将难求 | 千軍易得,一將難求 | qiānjūnyìdé,yījiàngnánqiú | - Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom) |
守株待兔,缘木求鱼 | 守株待兔,緣木求魚 | shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú | - to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action |
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