趋之若鹜

Traditional form:

趨之若鶩

Pinyin (reading):

qūzhīruòwù

Definitions:

• to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
• an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

Characters:

• 趋 - to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
• 鹜 - duck

Traditional characters:

• 趨 - to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
• 鶩 - duck