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HSK
lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding
if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)
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 pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
in order to
to beg
HSK 7-9
(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
to seek proof / to seek confirmation
HSK 7-9
to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after / to woo
HSK 4
to desire / wants; appetites
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
supply does not meet demand
HSK 7-9
to entreat / to implore / to plead
HSK 7-9
job applicant
to seek; to look for
HSK 5
to implore / to plead / to ask earnestly
supply and demand (economics)
HSK 7-9
aggregate demand
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
to ask
supply exceeds demand
to ask for advice / seeking instruction
anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
to entreat piteously / to implore
to make every effort to / striving to do one's best
HSK 7-9
desire for knowledge
to search for sth / to seek / to quest / to explore
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
to seek after / to strive for
lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled
survival / the struggle to eke out a living / to seek for continued existence
to seek the truth
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic
HSK 7-9
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
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  *求* | 求* | *求
to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech
HSK 2
to seek; to strive for
HSK 7-9
to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate; to court
to demand perfection (idiom)
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)
HSK 7-9
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
to insist on; to demand; to impose
supply exceeds demand
can be discovered but not sought (idiom) / one can only come across such things serendipitously
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
to request; to ask / request (CL:個|个)
HSK 2
requirement / to require / (economics) demand
HSK 3
Mauritius
to proposition a woman
to seek / to pursue / to investigate
HSK 7-9
anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success / impatient for result / impetuous
to grant whatever is asked for / to accede to every plea
to track sth to its roots
to beg / to beseech / to entreat / entreaty
HSK 7-9
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous
to require a solution / to seek to solve (an equation)
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
to crave day and night; to strongly desire
to request help / to appeal (for help)
HSK 7-9
to sue for peace / to look for a draw (chess) / summation (math.)
lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom) / fig. to go about begging for help
to seek survival / to possess the will to live
to seek medical treatment / to see a doctor
HSK 7-9
to seek / to look for
lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
to propose marriage
HSK 7-9
marketing message
to extort confession by torture
(idiom) to put aside differences and work together; to seek common ground and cooperate
to long for / to crave for / to greatly desire
to pray for / to appeal
assiduous and painstaking
to woo
cover letter / job application
diligent and tireless (idiom)
to beg for forgiveness (idiom)
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
to seek to purchase; to be looking to buy (sth)
(traditional title of first readers) / primary education / teaching the ignorant / light to the barbarian
to accept a compromise
to make extravagant demands / an unreasonable request
to beg forgiveness
Munchausen syndrome
to make progress while ensuring stability
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
to seek employment
HSK 6
Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels
to seek talented individuals; to recruit talent
the will to live
to settle for second best / the next best thing
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
(math.) to evaluate (an expression, function etc)
(idiom) to eagerly seek talented people

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