travel seeking official post
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb
to travel seeking official appointment
literaryA classical literary term describing the historical practice of traveling to the capital or other regions to seek government office, often used in poetry and historical texts.
Tā他
nián年
shào少
shí时
céng曾
huàn宦
yóu游
sì四
fāng方
，
yǐ以
móu谋
yī一
guān官
bàn半
zhí职
。
In his youth, he traveled far and wide seeking an official post.
Huàn宦
yóu游
shēng生
huó活
chōng充
mǎn满
jiān艰
xīn辛
yǔ与
xiāng乡
chóu愁
。
The life of traveling to seek office was full of hardship and homesickness.