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23 志第18 五行下 Volume 23 Treatises 18: Five Elements 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷55 游明根 劉芳 Volume 55: You Minggen, Liu Fang Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness Garden of Stories 說苑 — 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
- 《天下》 Tian Xia Zhuangzi 莊子 — 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
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