求之不得 qiú zhī bù dé

qiú zhī bù dé set phrase to seek something but not obtain it
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '求之不得'; Guoyu '求之不得')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 3
• Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 2
• Scroll 1 Catuḥsatyaśāstra (Si Di Lun) 四諦論 — count: 2
• Scroll 19 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 1
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 1
• Scroll 21 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 1
• Scroll 4 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 3 Jingang Sanmei Jing Lun 金剛三昧經論 — count: 1
• Scroll 47 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 1

Collocations

• 水求之不得 (水求之不得) 入水求之不得便 — Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 四门求之不得 (四門求之不得) 眾生無生者依此四門求之不得 — Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏, Scroll 3 — count: 3
• 求之不得便 (求之不得便) 求之不得便生愁憂 — Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章, Scroll 1 — count: 2