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捨近求遠
捨近求遠
See also: 舍近求远
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !give up; abandon !near; close (to); approximately
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to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
!far; distant; remote |- !trad. (捨近求遠) | 捨 | 近 | 求 | 遠 |- !simp. (舍近求远) | 舍 | 近 | 求 | 远 |}
Idiom
捨近求遠
- to abandon what is close at hand in favor of something far away; to go on a wild goose chase; to vainly pursue the impossible, while ignoring the possible