(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
trad. 騎驢找馬
Also written 騎驢找馬【qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ】
Characters in this word
4骑
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(Tw) saddle horse, mounted soldier
- Pinyin
- jì
- Traditional
- 騎
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2736 of 2500
驴
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
variant of 驢|驴[lu:2]
- Pinyin
- lǘ
- Traditional
- 馿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8339 of 2500
找
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to try to find, to look for, to call on sb, to find, to seek, to return, to give change
- Pinyin
- zhǎo
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 107 of 2500
马
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500