可遇不可求

kě yù bù kě qiú

Dictionary entry

can be discovered but not sought (idiom)

What does 可遇不可求 mean?

可遇不可求 (kě yù bù kě qiú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1can be discovered but not sought (idiom)

2one can only come across such things serendipitously

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可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able · to approve; to permit 遇Yùsurname Yu 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-求qiúto seek · to look for

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可遇不可求

kě yù bù kě qiú

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