desire greatly to win the support of the wise
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is Qi ú Xi á NR ú K ě, which means to visit a virtuous person like thirsty for a drink. It describes the urgency of Luo Zhi's talents. It comes from the biography of Zhou Ju in the book of the later Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in the book of the later Han Dynasty the biography of Zhou Ju: "in the past, I was thirsty for talents."
Idiom usage
It refers to cherishing talents. example at the beginning of Zhenguan, he was thirsty for talents. Wei Zheng, Tang Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : qiú xián rú kě
desire greatly to win the support of the wise
tramp over mountains and through ravines. fān shān yuè lǐng
enrich oneself at others ' expense. sǔn rén féi jǐ
till the seas dry up and the rocks decay. hǎi hé shí làn