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趋之若鹜

qū zhī ruò wù

4-character word Traditional 趨之若鶩

What 趋之若鹜 means

1. to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
2. an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

The characters in 趋之若鹜

• 趋qūto hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 鹜wùduck