求之不得 qiúzhībùdé all that one could wish for Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 求之不得 qiúzhībùdé all that one could wish for Exactly what one has been looking for; a situation where an outcome one was hoping for finally happens or is offered unexpectedly; most welcome to seek but fail to get To seek or pursue something but be unable to obtain it; originally from the 关雎 guānjū poem in the Classic of Poetry Frequency Movie subtitles 1.85 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.870 per million Cross-References See 关雎 guānjūSynonym 梦寐以求 mèngmèiyǐqiú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
求之不得 qiúzhībùdé all that one could wish for Exactly what one has been looking for; a situation where an outcome one was hoping for finally happens or is offered unexpectedly; most welcome to seek but fail to get To seek or pursue something but be unable to obtain it; originally from the 关雎 guānjū poem in the Classic of Poetry Frequency Movie subtitles 1.85 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.870 per million Cross-References See 关雎 guānjūSynonym 梦寐以求 mèngmèiyǐqiú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
