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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	驰鹜	馳鶩	chí wù	chi2 wu4	to move swiftly; to speed; to run after (empty fame, power, money etc)
2	处高鹜远	處高鶩遠	chǔ gāo wù yuǎn	chu3 gao1 wu4 yuan3	to be overly ambitious (idiom)
3	鸡鹜	雞鶩	jī wù	ji1 wu4	petty or mean persons
4	刻鹄类鹜	刻鵠類鶩	kè hú lèi wù	ke4 hu2 lei4 wu4	to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something; to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
5	旁鹜	旁鶩	páng wù	pang2 wu4	to be inattentive; to be distracted by sth
6	趋鹜时髦	趨鶩時髦	qū wù shí máo	qu1 wu4 shi2 mao2	to be in fashion (idiom)
7	趋之若鹜	趨之若鶩	qū zhī ruò wù	qu1 zhi1 ruo4 wu4	to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
8	外鹜	外鶩	wài wù	wai4 wu4	to get involved in things which are not one's business
9	鹜	鶩	wù	wu4	duck
10	鹜舲	鶩舲	wù líng	wu4 ling2	small boat