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  *求* | 求* | *求
to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech
HSK 2
to request; to ask / request (CL:個|个)
HSK 2
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
requirement / to require / (economics) demand
HSK 3
to solicit / to seek / to request (opinions, feedback etc) / to petition
HSK 4
to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after / to woo
HSK 4
to seek; to look for
HSK 5
to seek employment
HSK 6
to beg / to beseech / to entreat / entreaty
HSK 7-9
to make every effort to / striving to do one's best
HSK 7-9
to request help / to appeal (for help)
HSK 7-9
to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic
HSK 7-9
to propose marriage
HSK 7-9
to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)
HSK 7-9
supply does not meet demand
HSK 7-9
to entreat / to implore / to plead
HSK 7-9
to seek; to strive for
HSK 7-9
to seek medical treatment / to see a doctor
HSK 7-9
to beg
HSK 7-9
supply and demand (economics)
HSK 7-9
to seek proof / to seek confirmation
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to constantly seek to improve; to keep perfecting
HSK 7-9
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
HSK 7-9
to seek / to pursue / to investigate
HSK 7-9
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
to pray for / to appeal
to seek survival / to possess the will to live
to stress / to emphasize / particular about sth / to strive for
to beg forgiveness
to long for / to crave for / to greatly desire
to ask for sth and receive it / to try to obtain / to look for and obtain
to woo
to desire / wants; appetites
to insist on; to demand; to impose
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
to plea for leniency / to ask for a favor
(of a childless couple) to pray for a son / to try to have a child
lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom) / fig. to go about begging for help
anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success / impatient for result / impetuous
to ask for help / to ask a favor / to recruit talented people
to grant whatever is asked for / to accede to every plea
to entreat piteously / to implore
to settle for second best / the next best thing
desire for knowledge
to pursue greedily / to crave
lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled
to proposition a woman
to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate; to court
supply exceeds demand
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
(idiom) to put aside differences and work together; to seek common ground and cooperate
if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)
to ask for help
to seek / to search for
to search for sth / to seek / to quest / to explore
to seek / to look for
to seek / to strive for
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
to demand perfection (idiom)
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
demanding
to extort confession by torture
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
to make extravagant demands / an unreasonable request
Mauritius
exorbitant demands / demanding with menaces / extortion
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
to require a solution / to seek to solve (an equation)
(traditional title of first readers) / primary education / teaching the ignorant / light to the barbarian
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
insatiably greedy (idiom)
assiduous and painstaking
to seek / to demand
lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
to accept a compromise
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
to implore / to beseech
to make an offer of marriage (to another family on behalf of one's son or daughter) / to seek a marriage alliance
to inquire / to ascertain
to seek the truth
to sue for peace / to look for a draw (chess) / summation (math.)
to ask for advice / seeking instruction
to beg
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous
to implore / to plead / to ask earnestly
(idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed / to live a simple life, free from worldly desires
inappropriate or presumptuous demands
(idiom) to relentlessly make excessive demands
lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding
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
diligent and tireless (idiom)
to endure humiliation to preserve unity
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
to make endless exorbitant demands
to demand; to call for; to petition / demand; wish; request / to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers) / (marketing) message; pitch

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