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可遇不可求

kě yù bù kě qiú

5-character word

What 可遇不可求 means

1. can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
2. one can only come across such things serendipitously

The characters in 可遇不可求

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request

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