qū zhī ruò wù
to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
páng wù
to be inattentive
to be distracted by sth
chí wù
to move swiftly
to speed
to run after (empty fame, power, money etc)
wài wù
to get involved in things which are not one's business
chǔ gāo wù yuǎn
to be overly ambitious (idiom)
kè hú lèi wù
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
to fail utterly in trying to copy something
to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result