Talking Chinese <-> English Dictionary with stroke order image/animation and sample sentences

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.

ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	要求		yāo qiú	yao1 qiu2	to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; Classifiers: 点
2	求		qiú	qiu2	to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
3	追求		zhuī qiú	zhui1 qiu2	to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
4	需求		xū qiú	xu1 qiu2	requirement; to require; (economics) demand
5	请求	請求	qǐng qiú	qing3 qiu2	to request; to ask; request; Classifiers: 个
6	实事求是	實事求是	shí shì qiú shì	shi2 shi4 qiu2 shi4	to seek truth from facts (idiom); to be practical and realistic
7	寻求	尋求	xún qiú	xun2 qiu2	to seek; to look for
8	求证	求證	qiú zhèng	qiu2 zheng4	to seek proof; to seek confirmation
9	供求		gōng qiú	gong1 qiu2	supply and demand (economics)
10	力求		lì qiú	li4 qiu2	to make every effort to; striving to do one's best
11	求得		qiú dé	qiu2 de2	to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain
12	征求	徵求	zhēng qiú	zheng1 qiu2	to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition
13	以求		yǐ qiú	yi3 qiu2	in order to
14	探求		tàn qiú	tan4 qiu2	to seek; to pursue; to investigate
15	供不应求	供不應求	gōng bù yìng qiú	gong1 bu4 ying4 qiu2	supply does not meet demand
16	祈求		qí qiú	qi2 qiu2	to pray for; to appeal
17	恳求	懇求	kěn qiú	ken3 qiu2	to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty
18	哀求		āi qiú	ai1 qiu2	to entreat; to implore; to plead
19	讲求	講求	jiǎng qiú	jiang3 qiu2	to stress; to emphasize; particular about sth; to strive for
20	谋求	謀求	móu qiú	mou2 qiu2	to seek; to strive for
21	求学	求學	qiú xué	qiu2 xue2	to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college
22	白求恩		bái qiú ēn	Bai2 Qiu2 en1	Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
23	背义求全	背義求全	bèi yì qiú quán	bei4 yi4 qiu2 quan2	to forget morality in order to survive (idiom)
24	不求进取	不求進取	bù qiú jìn qǔ	bu4 qiu2 jin4 qu3	to not strive to make progress (idiom)
25	不求人		bù qiú rén	bu4 qiu2 ren2	backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
26	不求甚解		bù qiú shèn jiě	bu4 qiu2 shen4 jie3	lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview; not bothered with the details; superficial; content with shallow understanding
27	不求收获	不求收獲	bù qiú shōu huò	bu4 qiu2 shou1 huo4	not expecting any reward; not asking for favors
28	不求有功，但求无过	不求有功，但求無過	bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò	bu4 qiu2 you3 gong1 , dan4 qiu2 wu2 guo4	lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom); fig. to take a risk-averse approach
29	不忮不求		bù zhì bù qiú	bu4 zhi4 bu4 qiu2	generous and undemanding (idiom)
30	吹毛求疵		chuī máo qiú cī	chui1 mao2 qiu2 ci1	lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick
31	促求		cù qiú	cu4 qiu2	to urge
32	但求无过	但求無過	dàn qiú wú guò	dan4 qiu2 wu2 guo4	only praying to commit no wrong (idiom)
33	独孤求败	獨孤求敗	dú gū qiú bài	Du2 gu1 Qiu2 bai4	Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels
34	反求诸己	反求諸己	fǎn qiú zhū jǐ	fan3 qiu2 zhu1 ji3	to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
35	访求	訪求	fǎng qiú	fang3 qiu2	to seek; to search for
36	访师求学	訪師求學	fǎng shī qiú xué	fang3 shi1 qiu2 xue2	to seek a teacher desiring to study
37	告求		gào qiú	gao4 qiu2	to ask
38	供大于求	供大於求	gōng dà yú qiú	gong1 da4 yu2 qiu2	supply exceeds demand
39	供过于求	供過於求	gōng guò yú qiú	gong1 guo4 yu2 qiu2	supply exceeds demand
40	跪地求饶	跪地求饒	guì dì qiú ráo	gui4 di4 qiu2 rao2	to kneel and beg forgiveness
41	含辱求生		hán rǔ qiú shēng	han2 ru3 qiu2 sheng1	to swallow insults to remain alive (idiom)
42	呵求责备	呵求責備	hē qiú zé bèi	he1 qiu2 ze2 bei4	to blame and reprimand (idiom)
43	基本要求		jī běn yāo qiú	ji1 ben3 yao1 qiu2	a basic requirement; prerequisites
44	急于求成	急於求成	jí yú qiú chéng	ji2 yu2 qiu2 cheng2	anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success; impatient for result; impetuous
45	将本求利	將本求利	jiāng běn qiú lì	jiang1 ben3 qiu2 li4	to earn interest from one's capital (idiom)
46	精益求精		jīng yì qiú jīng	jing1 yi4 qiu2 jing1	to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving
47	苛求		kē qiú	ke1 qiu2	demanding
48	苛求无厌	苛求無厭	kē qiú wú yàn	ke1 qiu2 wu2 yan4	to make excessive demands; to be over-critical (idiom)
49	渴求		kě qiú	ke3 qiu2	to long for; to crave for; to greatly desire
50	可遇不可求		kě yù bù kě qiú	ke3 yu4 bu4 ke3 qiu2	can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipitously
51	刻意求工		kè yì qiú gōng	ke4 yi4 qiu2 gong1	assiduous and painstaking
52	刻舟求剑	刻舟求劍	kè zhōu qiú jiàn	ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4	lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
53	苦苦哀求		kǔ kǔ āi qiú	ku3 ku3 ai1 qiu2	to entreat piteously; to implore
54	苦苦相求		kǔ kǔ xiāng qiú	ku3 ku3 xiang1 qiu2	to entreat; to urge persistently (idiom)
55	卖国求荣	賣國求榮	mài guó qiú róng	mai4 guo2 qiu2 rong2	to seek power and wealth by betraying one's country (idiom)
56	毛里求斯		máo lǐ qiú sī	Mao2 li3 qiu2 si1	Mauritius
57	蒙求		méng qiú	meng2 qiu2	(traditional title of first readers); primary education; teaching the ignorant; light to the barbarian
58	梦寐以求	夢寐以求	mèng mèi yǐ qiú	meng4 mei4 yi3 qiu2	to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); to long for sth day and night
59	乞求		qǐ qiú	qi3 qiu2	to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous; to beg
60	弃短求长	棄短求長	qì duǎn qiú cháng	qi4 duan3 qiu2 chang2	to eliminate shortcomings and adopt the good points of others (idiom)
61	千军易得，一将难求	千軍易得，一將難求	qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú	qian1 jun1 yi4 de2 , yi1 jiang4 nan2 qiu2	Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
62	浅希近求	淺希近求	qiǎn xī jìn qiú	qian3 xi1 jin4 qiu2	to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition
63	强求一律	強求一律	qiáng qiú yī lǜ	qiang2 qiu2 yi1 lu:4	to unify by force; to be forced to follow a single pattern (idiom)
64	强求硬索	強求硬索	qiáng qiú yìng suǒ	qiang2 qiu2 ying4 suo3	to importune sb. for sth. (idiom)
65	强求	強求	qiǎng qiú	qiang3 qiu2	to insist on; to demand; to impose
66	请求宽恕	請求寬恕	qǐng qiú kuān shù	qing3 qiu2 kuan1 shu4	to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
67	求爱	求愛	qiú ài	qiu2 ai4	to woo
68	求偿	求償	qiú cháng	qiu2 chang2	to seek compensation; indemnity
69	求存		qiú cún	qiu2 cun2	survival; the struggle to eke out a living; to seek for continued existence
70	求导	求導	qiú dǎo	qiu2 dao3	to find the derivative (math.)
71	求道于盲	求道於盲	qiú dào yú máng	qiu2 dao4 yu2 mang2	see 问道于盲
72	求告		qiú gào	qiu2 gao4	to implore; to beseech
73	求好心切		qiú hǎo xīn qiè	qiu2 hao3 xin1 qie4	to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom); to strive to achieve the best possible results; to be a perfectionist
74	求和		qiú hé	qiu2 he2	to sue for peace; to look for a draw (chess); summation (math)
75	求欢	求歡	qiú huān	qiu2 huan1	to proposition a woman
76	求婚		qiú hūn	qiu2 hun1	to propose marriage
77	求婚者		qiú hūn zhě	qiu2 hun1 zhe3	suitor; wooer
78	求教		qiú jiào	qiu2 jiao4	to ask for advice; seeking instruction
79	求解		qiú jiě	qiu2 jie3	to require a solution; to seek to solve (an equation)
80	求救		qiú jiù	qiu2 jiu4	to cry for help
81	求救无门	求救無門	qiú jiù wú mén	qiu2 jiu4 wu2 men2	to call in vain for help (idiom)
82	求怜经	求憐經	qiú lián jīng	qiu2 lian2 jing1	Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass); Miserere nobis; Lord have mercy upon us
83	求乞		qiú qǐ	qiu2 qi3	to beg
84	求签问卜	求簽問卜	qiú qiān wèn bǔ	qiu2 qian1 wen4 bu3	to divine by drawing lots (idiom)
85	求情		qiú qíng	qiu2 qing2	to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor
86	求情告饶	求情告饒	qiú qíng gào ráo	qiu2 qing2 gao4 rao2	to beg for forgiveness (idiom)
87	求取		qiú qǔ	qiu2 qu3	to seek after; to strive for
88	求全责备	求全責備	qiú quán zé bèi	qiu2 quan2 ze2 bei4	to demand perfection (idiom)
89	求饶	求饒	qiú ráo	qiu2 rao2	to beg forgiveness
90	求人		qiú rén	qiu2 ren2	to ask for help; to ask a favor; to recruit talented people
91	求人不如求己		qiú rén bù rú qiú jǐ	qiu2 ren2 bu4 ru2 qiu2 ji3	if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)
92	求仁得仁		qiú rén dé rén	qiu2 ren2 de2 ren2	to try to find humanity and finally get it (idiom)
93	求神拜佛		qiú shén bài fó	qiu2 shen2 bai4 fo2	to pray to Buddha for help (idiom)
94	求生		qiú shēng	qiu2 sheng1	to seek survival; to possess the will to live
95	求生意志		qiú shēng yì zhì	qiu2 sheng1 yi4 zhi4	the will to live
96	求胜心切	求勝心切	qiú shèng xīn qiè	qiu2 sheng4 xin1 qie4	to be anxious to gain victory (idiom)
97	求是		qiú shì	qiu2 shi4	to seek the truth
98	求死不能		qiú sǐ bù néng	qiu2 si3 bu4 neng2	to not even be able to die; in an extremely painful situation (idiom)
99	求死愿望	求死願望	qiú sǐ yuàn wàng	qiu2 si3 yuan4 wang4	death wish (translated from English); Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龙怪客
100	求索		qiú suǒ	qiu2 suo3	to search for sth; to seek; to quest; to explore
101	求田问舍	求田問舍	qiú tián wèn shè	qiu2 tian2 wen4 she4	lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom); fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
102	求同		qiú tóng	qiu2 tong2	to seek consensus; to seek conformity
103	求同存异	求同存異	qiú tóng cún yì	qiu2 tong2 cun2 yi4	to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom)
104	求贤若渴	求賢若渴	qiú xián ruò kě	qiu2 xian2 ruo4 ke3	to eagerly seek after men of worth and ability (of a ruler) (idiom)
105	求学无坦途	求學無坦途	qiú xué wú tǎn tú	qiu2 xue2 wu2 tan3 tu2	The path of learning can never be smooth.; There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
106	求医	求醫	qiú yī	qiu2 yi1	to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor
107	求医癖	求醫癖	qiú yī pǐ	qiu2 yi1 pi3	Munchausen syndrome
108	求援		qiú yuán	qiu2 yuan2	to ask for help
109	求占问卜	求占問卜	qiú zhān wèn bǔ	qiu2 zhan1 wen4 bu3	to consult fortune-tellers (idiom)
110	求知		qiú zhī	qiu2 zhi1	anxious to learn; keen for knowledge
111	求之不得		qiú zhī bù dé	qiu2 zhi1 bu4 de2	lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
112	求知欲	求知慾	qiú zhī yù	qiu2 zhi1 yu4	desire for knowledge
113	求职	求職	qiú zhí	qiu2 zhi2	(math.) to evaluate (an expression, function etc); evaluation; to seek employment
114	求职信	求職信	qiú zhí xìn	qiu2 zhi2 xin4	cover letter; job application
115	求职者	求職者	qiú zhí zhě	qiu2 zhi2 zhe3	job applicant
116	求助		qiú zhù	qiu2 zhu4	to request help; to appeal (for help)
117	求助无门	求助無門	qiú zhù wú mén	qiu2 zhu4 wu2 men2	to be unable to get help from anywhere (idiom)
118	求助于人	求助於人	qiú zhù yú rén	qiu2 zhu4 yu2 ren2	to call upon others for help
119	求子		qiú zǐ	qiu2 zi3	(of a childless couple) to pray for a son; to try to have a child
120	屈节求荣	屈節求榮	qū jié qiú róng	qu1 jie2 qiu2 rong2	to forfeit virtue for the sake of glory (idiom)
121	曲意求全		qū yì qiú quán	qu1 yi4 qiu2 quan2	to make special concessions to save a situation (idiom)
122	权利要求	權利要求	quán lì yāo qiú	quan2 li4 yao1 qiu2	claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
123	忍辱求全		rěn rǔ qiú quán	ren3 ru3 qiu2 quan2	to endure humiliation to preserve unity
124	杀妻求将	殺妻求將	shā qī qiú jiàng	sha1 qi1 qiu2 jiang4	to not scruple about means in seeking fame and gain (idiom)
125	奢求		shē qiú	she1 qiu2	to make extravagant demands; an unreasonable request
126	舍近求远	捨近求遠	shě jìn qiú yuǎn	she3 jin4 qiu2 yuan3	to seek greener pastures; to lack common sense (idiom)
127	舍身求法	捨身求法	shě shēn qiú fǎ	she3 shen1 qiu2 fa3	to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
128	社会总需求	社會總需求	shè huì zǒng xū qiú	she4 hui4 zong3 xu1 qiu2	aggregate social demand; total requirement of society
129	食无求饱	食無求飽	shí wú qiú bǎo	shi2 wu2 qiu2 bao3	to eat sparingly; to practice restraint in eating (idiom)
130	事求是		shì qiú shì	shi4 qiu2 shi4	to seek the truth from facts
131	事实求是	事實求是	shì shí qiú shì	shi4 shi2 qiu2 shi4	to seek the truth from facts
132	守株待兔，缘木求鱼	守株待兔，緣木求魚	shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú	shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2	to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
133	死求活磨		sǐ qiú huó mó	si3 qiu2 huo2 mo2	insistent (of requests) (idiom)
134	死中求生		sǐ zhōng qiú shēng	si3 zhong1 qiu2 sheng1	to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
135	搜求		sōu qiú	sou1 qiu2	to seek; to look for
136	诉求	訴求	sù qiú	su4 qiu2	to appeal; to demand (an answer); requirement; demand; claim; appeal; (marketing) message
137	索求		suǒ qiú	suo3 qiu2	to seek; to demand
138	贪大求全	貪大求全	tān dà qiú quán	tan1 da4 qiu2 quan2	to think grandiosely (idiom)
139	贪求	貪求	tān qiú	tan1 qiu2	to pursue greedily; to crave
140	贪求无厌	貪求無厭	tān qiú wú yàn	tan1 qiu2 wu2 yan4	insatiably greedy (idiom)
141	同恶相求	同惡相求	tóng è xiāng qiú	tong2 e4 xiang1 qiu2	to conspire to commit a crime (idiom)
142	同气相求	同氣相求	tóng qì xiāng qiú	tong2 qi4 xiang1 qiu2	birds of a feather flock together; People with the same ideals have an affinity for one another. (idiom)
143	推求		tuī qiú	tui1 qiu2	to inquire; to ascertain
144	退而求其次		tuì ér qiú qí cì	tui4 er2 qiu2 qi2 ci4	to settle for second best; the next best thing
145	妄求		wàng qiú	wang4 qiu2	inappropriate or presumptuous demands
146	委曲求全		wěi qū qiú quán	wei3 qu1 qiu2 quan2	to accept a compromise
147	稳中求进	穩中求進	wěn zhōng qiú jìn	wen3 zhong1 qiu2 jin4	to make progress while ensuring stability
148	无求于人	無求於人	wú qiú yú rén	wu2 qiu2 yu2 ren2	need no help from others (idiom)
149	无厌之求	無厭之求	wú yàn zhī qiú	wu2 yan4 zhi1 qiu2	an insatiable demand (idiom)
150	勿求人		wù qiú rén	wu4 qiu2 ren2	see 不求人
151	献城求降	獻城求降	xiàn chéng qiú xiáng	xian4 cheng2 qiu2 xiang2	to surrender the city and ask to return to allegiance (idiom)
152	献媚求宠	獻媚求寵	xiàn mèi qiú chǒng	xian4 mei4 qiu2 chong3	to insinuate oneself into sb.'s favor (idiom)
153	刑求		xíng qiú	xing2 qiu2	to extort confession by torture
154	行销诉求	行銷訴求	xíng xiāo sù qiú	xing2 xiao1 su4 qiu2	marketing message
155	需求层次理论	需求層次理論	xū qiú céng cì lǐ lùn	xu1 qiu2 ceng2 ci4 li3 lun4	(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
156	虚心求教	虛心求教	xū xīn qiú jiào	xu1 xin1 qiu2 jiao4	to be willing to take advice (idiom)
157	血泪央求	血淚央求	xuè lèi yāng qiú	xue4 lei4 yang1 qiu2	to pray to sb. with tears of blood (idiom)
158	沿门求乞	沿門求乞	yán mén qiú qǐ	yan2 men2 qiu2 qi3	to go begging from door to door (idiom)
159	研求		yán qiú	yan2 qiu2	to study; to probe; to research and examine
160	央求		yāng qiú	yang1 qiu2	to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
161	仰面求人		yǎng miàn qiú rén	yang3 mian4 qiu2 ren2	to humbly implore sb. (idiom)
162	要求赔偿	要求賠償	yāo qiú péi cháng	yao1 qiu2 pei2 chang2	to demand compensation
163	以曲求伸		yǐ qū qiú shēn	yi3 qu1 qiu2 shen1	to retreat in order to advance; to recoil in order to extend (idiom)
164	以战求和	以戰求和	yǐ zhàn qiú hé	yi3 zhan4 qiu2 he2	to achieve peace through military means (idiom)
165	引疾求退		yǐn jí qiú tuì	yin3 ji2 qiu2 tui4	to ask to resign under the pretext of illness (idiom)
166	营求	營求	yíng qiú	ying2 qiu2	to seek; to strive for
167	有求必应	有求必應	yǒu qiú bì yìng	you3 qiu2 bi4 ying4	to grant whatever is asked for; to accede to every plea
168	欲求		yù qiú	yu4 qiu2	to desire; wants; appetites
169	缘木求鱼	緣木求魚	yuán mù qiú yú	yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2	lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
170	责备求全	責備求全	zé bèi qiú quán	ze2 bei4 qiu2 quan2	see 求全责备
171	争宠求荣	爭寵求榮	zhēng chǒng qiú róng	zheng1 chong3 qiu2 rong2	to strive for a superior's favor and for high honors (idiom)
172	治病求本		zhì bìng qiú běn	zhi4 bing4 qiu2 ben3	to search for the primary cause of disease in treatment (idiom)
173	诛求	誅求	zhū qiú	zhu1 qiu2	exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion
174	诛求无厌	誅求無厭	zhū qiú wú yàn	zhu1 qiu2 wu2 yan4	incessant exorbitant demands
175	诛求无已	誅求無已	zhū qiú wú yǐ	zhu1 qiu2 wu2 yi3	to make endless exorbitant demands
176	追根求源		zhuī gēn qiú yuán	zhui1 gen1 qiu2 yuan2	to track sth to its roots
177	追名求誉	追名求譽	zhuī míng qiú yù	zhui1 ming2 qiu2 yu4	to seek fame and honor (idiom)
178	孜孜以求		zī zī yǐ qiú	zi1 zi1 yi3 qiu2	diligent and tireless (idiom)
179	自求多福		zì qiú duō fú	zi4 qiu2 duo1 fu2	to seek blessings for oneself (idiom)
180	总需求	總需求	zǒng xū qiú	zong3 xu1 qiu2	aggregate demand

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