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騎驢找馬. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride
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donkey
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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
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horse; surname
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| trad. (騎驢找馬)
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騎
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驢
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找
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馬
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| simp. (骑驴找马)
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骑
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驴
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找
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马
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| Literally: “to ride on a donkey and look for a horse”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
騎驢找馬
- (figurative, colloquial) to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better
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