(idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed / to live a simple life, free from worldly desires
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backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
not expecting any reward / not asking for favors
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom) / only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding
in order to
to seek for / to hope to gain / desirous
supply exceeds demand
supply and demand (economics)
supply exceeds demand
to urge
to extort confession by torture
assiduous and painstaking
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) / fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
see 不求人[]
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
can be discovered but not sought (idiom) / one can only come across such things serendipitously
to ask
to make extravagant demands / an unreasonable request
inappropriate or presumptuous demands
see 求同存異|求同存异[]
diligent and tireless (idiom)
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action
(idiom) to long for sb or sth day and night / to seek it unceasingly
to endure humiliation to preserve unity
anxious for quick results (idiom) / to demand instant success / impatient for result / impetuous
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
to inquire / to ascertain
to seek / to look for
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
to desire / wants / appetites
to seek life in death (idiom) / to fight for one's life
to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition
(idiom) to be free of worldly desires and ambitions / to neither want nor seek (fame, profit, material gain etc)
to seek / to strive for
to study / to probe / to research and examine
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
to make progress while ensuring stability
(idiom) to constantly seek to improve / to keep perfecting
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27