付诸东流 fùzhūdōngliú wasted effort Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 付诸东流 付諸東流 fùzhūdōngliú wasted effort verb Literally meaning to cast something into the eastward-flowing waters; used to describe hopes that have come to nothing or efforts that have been completely wasted. 一次误操作，多年的辛勤工作和研究可能就会付诸东流。 yīcì wù cāozuò, duōnián de xīnqín gōngzuò hé yánjiū kěnéng jiù huì fùzhūdōngliú. One wrong move and years of hard work and research could go down the drain. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.510 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.361 per million Cross-References Same as 付之东流 fùzhīdōngliúSynonym 付诸流水 fùzhūliúshuǐ尽付东流 jìnfùdōngliú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
付诸东流 付諸東流 fùzhūdōngliú wasted effort verb Literally meaning to cast something into the eastward-flowing waters; used to describe hopes that have come to nothing or efforts that have been completely wasted. 一次误操作，多年的辛勤工作和研究可能就会付诸东流。 yīcì wù cāozuò, duōnián de xīnqín gōngzuò hé yánjiū kěnéng jiù huì fùzhūdōngliú. One wrong move and years of hard work and research could go down the drain. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.510 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.361 per million Cross-References Same as 付之东流 fùzhīdōngliúSynonym 付诸流水 fùzhūliúshuǐ尽付东流 jìnfùdōngliú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
