求之不得

qiú zhī bù dé

Dictionary entry

lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for

What does 求之不得 mean?

求之不得 (qiú zhī bù dé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for

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求qiúto seek · to look for 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-得déto obtain · to get

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