可遇不可求 kě yù bù kě qiú

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

可 kě
HSK 2
may, can, -able; possibly
遇 yù
HSK 3
meet, come across, encounter
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
可 kě
HSK 2
may, can, -able; possibly
求 qiú
HSK 3
seek; demand, request; beseech