WordTaiwan frequency #26,321
趨之若鶩
ㄑㄩ ㄓ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ
“to flock to something like ducks; to scramble for something eagerly; to vie with one another to pursue something”
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趨
ㄑㄩ
To walk quickly or hurry; to move towards a direction or goal; to tend towards or converge; to attach oneself to; an ancient ritual of quick steps when walking ahead of elders.
之
ㄓ
Possessive particle, similar to 的; pronoun for him, her, it, them; verb meaning to go; preposition indicating location or relation.
若
ㄖㄨㄛˋ
If; supposing; as if; like; to seem; to resemble; to be compared to; a type of fragrant herb; to obey; surname Ruo.
鶩
ㄨˋ
wild duck; waterfowl that swims
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 之後ㄓ ㄏㄡˋafter; afterwards; since then; later; from that time on.
- 之間ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢbetween; among; amid; used after nouns or certain bisyllabic words to indicate a short period of time
- 之前ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand; earlier than a given time.
- 之外ㄓ ㄨㄞˋoutside; beyond; excluding; other than; apart from.
- 之中ㄓ ㄓㄨㄥinside; among; in the midst of; during.
- 之下ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋunder; beneath; less than; in a lower position or condition
- 趨勢ㄑㄩ ㄕˋtendency; trend; general direction of development; prevailing tendency; to follow the powerful or influential (dated)
- 若是ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋif; in case; supposing; in the event that.
- 之所以ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇused before a clause to introduce the reason or cause; the reason why
- 之類ㄓ ㄌㄟˋand so on; and such; and the like; and similar things
- 之內ㄓ ㄋㄟˋinside; within; in; not exceeding a boundary or scope
- 之餘ㄓ ㄩˊafter that; in addition; besides; what remains; the rest; the remainder