趋之若鹜
qū​zhī​ruò​wù

to scramble for

  • created sense approved 趋之若鹜/趨之若鶩 · qū​zhī​ruò​wù · to scramble for — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趋之若鹜 / 趨之若鶩

    qū​zhī​ruò​wù

    to scramble for

    to rush toward something like a flock of ducks; used to describe a crowd of people scrambling or swarming madly to pursue something, often with a negative connotation of mindlessly following a trend

    趋 (literal) → 趋/趨 · qū · to pursue 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 鹜 (literal) → 鹜/鶩 · wù · duck

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

    created sense