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系风捕景
xì​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

to chase the wind and catch shadows

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
系风捕景 繫風捕景 xì​fēng​bǔ​yǐng
variant 係風捕景
to chase the wind and catch shadows
To pursue something that is groundless or impossible to achieve, just as the wind cannot be tied and shadows cannot be caught; to engage in a futile search or to act on groundless rumors.