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 1 Catuḥsatyaśāstra (Si Di Lun) 四諦論 — count: 2
• Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 2
• Scroll 6 Jingang Jing Zuan Yao Kan Ding Ji 金剛經纂要刊定記 — count: 1
• Scroll 4 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 7 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 1
• Scroll 21 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 47 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 1
• Scroll 3 Sutra on the Great Skillful Means of the Buddha for Repaying Kindness (Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing) 大方便佛報恩經 — count: 1
• Scroll 59 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — 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