趋吉避凶
qū​jí​bì​xiōng

to pursue good fortune and avoid calamity

  • created reference approved 趋吉避凶/趨吉避凶 → 趋吉逃凶/趨吉逃凶 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趋吉避凶 / 趨吉避凶 qū​jí​bì​xiōng

    趋吉逃凶 / 趨吉逃凶 qū​jí​táo​xiōng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 趋吉避凶/趨吉避凶 · qū​jí​bì​xiōng · to pursue good fortune and avoid calamity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趋吉避凶 / 趨吉避凶

    qū​jí​bì​xiōng

    to pursue good fortune and avoid calamity

    to seek luck and avoid disaster; to follow what is auspicious and shun what is harmful

    趋 (literal) → 趋/趨 · qū · to pursue 吉 (literal) → 吉 · jí · lucky 避 (literal) → 避 · bì · to avoid 凶 (literal) → 凶 · xiōng · ominous

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

    created sense