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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

求 [qiú]
  1. 1. verb [请求] request
    求人帮助
    request help
    他求我办事。
    He asked me to handle things.
  2. 2. verb [追求] strive
    求和平
    strive for peace
    求进步
    seek advancement
  3. 3. noun [追求] demand
    供不应求
    supply doesn't meet demand
    供大于求
    supply outstrips demand

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

求 [qiú]
  1. 1. verb beg; request; entreat; beseech
    求你帮个忙，行吗?
    May I ask you a favour?
    求你别这样好吗？
  2. 2. verb strive for
    求进步
    strive for further progress
    求解放
    strive for liberation
    生物都有求生存的本能。
    All living beings are endowed with an instinct for survival.
  3. 3. verb seek; try
    求学问
    seek knowledge
    不求名利
    not seek fame and gain
    我们应继续坚持求是创新的精神。
    除了她我别无所求。
    我只是求个问心无愧。
    他现在求购这款电脑。
    生病了就要求医问药。
  4. 4. verb demand

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

求 [qiú]
  1. 1. 动 设法得到;探求
    不求名利
    求同存异
    实事求是
    寻求。
  2. 2. 动 恳请;乞求
    求您办点儿事
    求援
    求饶
    央求。
  3. 3. 动 要求
    求全责备
    精益求精。
  4. 4. 动 需求
    供大于求
    供求关系。
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Examples

明哲保身，但求无过
be worldly-wise and play safe and seek only to avoid blame → 但
为求本联合声明得以有效执行
with a view to the effective implementation of this joint declaration → 得以
求老爷恩典恩典!
I beg your excellency's grace. → 恩典
求你帮个忙，行吗?
May I ask you a favour? → 求
别无他求
have no other request → 他
以求全胜
in an attempt to achieve complete victory → 以求
实在不得已，所以我才来求你帮忙。 → 不得已
我难道不会问别人，还非得来求你？ → 不会
主持要求全体参加会议的成员关闭手机。 → 成员
我们要学会退而求其次。 → 其次
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Character Decomposition

一
[yī]		 + 水
[shuǐ]		 + 丶
[diǎn,zhǔ]

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