求之不得 qiú zhī bù dé

qiú zhī bù dé set phrase to seek something but not obtain it
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '求之不得'; Guoyu '求之不得')

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• 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 2
• 卷55 游明根 劉芳 Volume 55: You Minggen, Liu Fang Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
• 卷一百〇六 載記第六 石季龍（石虎）上 Volume 106 Records 6: Shi Jilong Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
• 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 1
• 卷23　志第18 五行下 Volume 23 Treatises 18: Five Elements 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
• 卷七　Scroll 7 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 1
• 卷29 奚斤 叔孫建 Volume 29: Xi Jin, Shu Sunjian Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
• 《天下》 Tian Xia Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 1
• 卷六十八 志第四十四 輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷六十七 唐書43: 列傳19 豆盧革 韋說 盧程 趙鳳 李愚 任圜 Volume 67 Book of Later Tang 43: Biographies 19 - Dou Luge, Wei Shou, Lu Cheng, Zhao Feng, Li Yu, Ren Huan Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 文公求之不得 (文公求之不得) 文公求之不得 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 2