有求必应
yǒu qiú bì yìng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 有求必應
To grant whatever is asked. Said of a generous person who never refuses a request for help, sometimes to the point of spoiling others, and of a god or shrine believed to answer every prayer.
Hễ ai cầu xin điều gì cũng đáp ứng. Dùng để nói về người rộng rãi, ai nhờ gì cũng giúp (có khi đến mức nuông chiều), và về thần linh, đền miếu linh thiêng, cầu gì được nấy.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “hữu cầu tất ứng” (huu-cau-tat-ung). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “有求必应” mean?
To grant whatever is asked. Said of a generous person who never refuses a request for help, sometimes to the point of spoiling others, and of a god or shrine believed to answer every prayer. Literally: whenever asked, sure to respond
Is “有求必应” formal or informal?
有求必应 is generally neutral.