可遇不可求
kě​yù​bù​kě​qiú

can be found but not sought

  • created sense approved 可遇不可求 · kě​yù​bù​kě​qiú · can be found but not sought — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    可遇不可求

    kě​yù​bù​kě​qiú

    can be found but not sought

    Something that can only be found by accident and not through seeking; describes a rare or lucky encounter that happens serendipitously.

    可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 遇 (literal) → 遇 · yù · to encounter 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense