to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
舍身求法
shě shēn qiú fǎ
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
闭门觅句
bì mén mì jù
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing
human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)
史景迁
Shǐ Jǐng qiān
Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国[Zhui1 xun2 Xian4 dai4 Zhong1 guo2]
variant of 谷歌, Google internet company and search engine
突击检查
tū jī jiǎn chá
sudden unannounced investigation / on-the-spot inspection / to search without notification
缉访
jī fǎng
to search and enquire
翻箱倒箧
fān xiāng dǎo qiè
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
觅句
mì jù
to search for the right word (of poet)
观衅伺隙
guān xìn sì xì
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel
访古
fǎng gǔ
to search for ancient relics
追寻现代中国
zhuī xún xiàn dài Zhōng guó
In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁[Shi3 Jing3 qian1]
搜神记
Sōu shén Jì
In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶|干宝[Gan1 Bao3] in Jin dynasty
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