qū zhī ruò wù

Traditional: 趨之若鶩

趋之若鹜 (qū zhī ruò wù) is a Chinese word meaning “to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase”.

Meanings

  1. 1to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
  2. 2an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

Characters in 趋之若鹜

趋qū · to hasten之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])若rě · used in 般若[bo1 re3]鹜wù · duck

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid之一one of (sth)之类and so on若used in 般若[bo1 re3]若to seem之中inside总之in a word之外outside之内inside; within

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