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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		愛才若渴	爱才若渴	[ai4 cai2 ruo4 ke3]	/(idiom) to be eager to surround oneself with talented people/	1058	1
		乾渴	干渴	[gan1 ke3]	/parched/dry mouth/	6591	1
		飢渴	饥渴	[[ji1ke3]]	/hungry and thirsty/(fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)/	852	2
		解渴	解渴	[jie3 ke3]	/to quench/	5573	1
		渴	渴	[ke3]	/thirsty/	7122	1
		渴不可耐	渴不可耐	[ke3 bu4 ke3 nai4]	/to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it/	6266	1
		渴慕	渴慕	[ke3 mu4]	/to thirst for/	7071	1
		渴求	渴求	[ke3 qiu2]	/to long for/to crave for/to greatly desire/	6308	1
		渴望	渴望	[ke3 wang4]	/to thirst for/to long for/	6206	1
		口渴	口渴	[kou3 ke3]	/thirsty/	6206	1
		臨渴穿井	临渴穿井	[lin2 ke3 chuan1 jing3]	/lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision/to act when it is too late/	6354	1
		臨渴掘井	临渴掘井	[lin2 ke3 jue2 jing3]	/lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty/to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)/	6065	1
		求賢若渴	求贤若渴	[[qiu2xian2-ruo4ke3]]	/(idiom) to eagerly seek talented people/	423	2
		如飢似渴	如饥似渴	[ru2 ji1 si4 ke3]	/to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly/to long for sth/	6080	1
		望梅止渴	望梅止渴	[wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke3]	/lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)/fig. to console oneself with illusions/	5788	1
		消渴	消渴	[xiao1 ke3]	/condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes/	5019	1
		飲鴆止渴	饮鸩止渴	[yin3 zhen4 zhi3 ke3]	/lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)/fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse/	3571	1
		遠水不解近渴	远水不解近渴	[yuan3 shui3 bu4 jie3 jin4 ke3]	/lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need/a slow remedy does not address immediate needs/	6987	1

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