但求 [－－]

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Pinyin dàn qiú

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. seek only to; but for [written and colloquial]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    不求情意绵绵，但求天长地久。
    不求情意绵绵，但求天長地久。
    bù qiú qíng yì mián mián ， dàn qiú tiān cháng dì jiǔ 。
    • Love me lithe, love me long.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    但求
    但求
    dàn qiú
    • to only hope
  2. Mandarin
    小公司从前那种不求有功但求无过的发展思路，已经无法适应市场竞争的需要。
    小公司從前那種不求有功但求無過的發展思路，已經無法適應市場競爭的需要。
    xiǎo gōng sī cóng qián nà zhǒng bù qiú yǒu gōng dàn qiú wú guò de fā zhǎn sī lù ， yǐ jīng wú fǎ shì yìng shì chǎng jìng zhēng de xū yào ．
    • That kind of color inside the lines mentality of development, previously seen in small companies, can no longer accommodate the requirements of market competition.