騎驢找馬
Chinese
editto ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride | donkey | to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb) to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb); to find; to seek; to return |
horse; surname | ||
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trad. (騎驢找馬) | 騎 | 驢 | 找 | 馬 | |
simp. (骑驴找马) | 骑 | 驴 | 找 | 马 | |
Literally: “to ride on a donkey and look for a horse”. |
Pronunciation
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- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄩˊ ㄓㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cílyújhǎomǎ
- Wade–Giles: chʻi2-lü2-chao3-ma3
- Yale: chí-lyú-jǎu-mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiliujaomaa
- Palladius: цилюйчжаома (ciljujčžaoma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
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- (figurative, colloquial) to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better