捨近求遠

捨近求遠

See also: 舍近求远

Chinese

		give up; abandon	near; close (to); approximately	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	far; distant; remote
trad. (捨近求遠)		捨	近	求	遠
simp. (舍近求远)		舍	近	求	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shějìnqiúyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² gan⁶ kau⁴ jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shějìnqiúyuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheejinnchyouyeuan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ y̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² gan⁶ kau⁴ jyun⁵
    • Yale: sé gahn kàuh yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² gan⁶ kau⁴ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² gen⁶ keo⁴ yun⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ kɐn²² kʰɐu̯²¹ jyːn¹³/

Idiom

捨近求遠

1. to abandon what is close at hand in favor of something far away; to go on a wild goose chase; to vainly pursue the impossible, while ignoring the possible