WordTaiwan frequency #21,174
夢寐以求
ㄇㄥˋ ㄇㄟˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
“to long for intensely; to pursue even in one's dreams; something desperately desired”
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夢
ㄇㄥˋ
A dream; a vision or illusion experienced during sleep; to dream; to imagine or wish for something; a surname.
寐
ㄇㄟˋ
To sleep soundly; to be asleep; to slumber deeply.
以
ㄧˇ
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; to consider as; to lead; to be able to; to make
求
ㄑㄧㄡˊ
To seek or look for; to request or demand; to beg or beseech; to desire or covet something; to attract or invite.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 可以ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇcan; may; to be able to; to be possible; not bad; pretty good
- 所以ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇtherefore; so; as a result; the reason why; used for; why
- 以及ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊand; as well as; used to connect parallel words or phrases.
- 要求ㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊto request; to demand; to require; a requirement; a condition asked for
- 以上ㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋmore than a stated amount or level; above a certain point; the foregoing; used to conclude remarks
- 以後ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋafter; later; afterwards; from now on; in the future.
- 以前ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; previously; in the past; ago; formerly
- 以為ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋto think; to believe (often mistakenly); to take for; to consider as.
- 需求ㄒㄩ ㄑㄧㄡˊneed; requirement; demand (in economics); in psychology, an internal drive that motivates individual behavior.
- 以來ㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊsince (a specified time or event); from then until now; afterwards; more than; over
- 難以ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇhard to; difficult to; not easy to (predict, imagine, achieve, etc).
- 以下ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋbelow; under; the following; less than; beneath a certain level or amount.