可遇不可求
可遇不可求
kě yù bù kě qiú
can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipitously
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- (idiom) can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
- one can only come across such things serendipitously
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Related Words
一心二用(yī xīn èr yòng)· to do two things at once (idiom)
→一是一，二是二(yī shì yī , èr shì èr)· lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
→一枝独秀(yī zhī dú xiù)· lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
→偷鸡不成蚀把米(tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ)· lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
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