求田問舍qiú tián wèn shèbusy oneself with the acquisition of real estate (/land and houses)
? 如今這些貪人，擁著嬌妻美妾，～，損人肥己，…… (凌蒙初《初刻拍案驚奇》卷十八) Now these greedy people have charming wives and beautiful concubines,busy themselves in acquiring land and houses,and benefit themselves at the expense of others. 求田問舍qiú tián wèn shè舍：指房屋。謀求買田置地。形容人胸無大志，只知道圖謀自己小家庭的事。interested exclusively in the acquisition of sb.’s, estate |