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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

苛求 [kēqiú]
  1. 1. verb be demanding
    你对人不能太苛求。
    You shouldn't be so demanding of others.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

苛求 [kēqiú]
  1. 1. make excessive demands; be overcritical
    他的汉语底子差，对他不能苛求。
    He has a poor grounding in Chinese, so don't make excessive demands of him.
    做任何事都不要苛求于人。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

苛求 [kēqiú]
  1. 1. 动 过高、过严地要求
    对孩子不能苛求。
See more results for 苛求 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

他的汉语底子差，对他不能苛求。
He has a poor grounding in Chinese, so don't make excessive demands of him. → 苛求
做任何事都不要苛求于人。 → 苛求
对孩子不能苛求。 → 苛求
a tall order
苛求 → tall

Collocations

苛求别人
to make excessive demands on others
过分苛求
to make excessive demands

Word Decomposition

苛
[kē] 		+ 求
[qiú]

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