求賢如渴
qiú​xián​rú​kě

to thirst for talent

  • created reference approved 求贤如渴/求賢如渴 → 求贤若渴/求賢若渴 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    求贤如渴 / 求賢如渴 qiú​xián​rú​kě

    求贤若渴 / 求賢若渴 qiú​xián​ruò​kě

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  • created sense approved 求贤如渴/求賢如渴 · qiú​xián​rú​kě · to thirst for talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    求贤如渴 / 求賢如渴

    qiú​xián​rú​kě

    to thirst for talent

    to seek out talented people as if one were thirsty for water; used to describe being extremely eager to find and recruit people of ability

    求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek 贤 (literal) → 贤/賢 · xián · worthy person 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 渴 (literal) → 渴 · kě · eagerly

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

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