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')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 國風‧周南‧關雎 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Guan Ju The Book of Songs 詩經 — count: 1
- 卷九十三 列傳第八十一: 僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 卷六十三 吳書十八 吳範劉惇趙達傳 Volume 63: Book of Wu 18 - Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — 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
- 卷一百二十四 列傳第十二 擴廓帖木兒 陳友定 把匝剌瓦爾密 Volume 124 Biographies 12: Kuokuotiemuer, Chen Youding, Bazalawaermi History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷二百二十四下 列傳第一百四十九下 叛臣下 Volume 224b Biographies 149b: Treasonous Ministers 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 1
- 《天下》 Tian Xia Zhuangzi 莊子 — 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