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付诸东流
fù​zhū​dōng​liú

wasted effort

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 付诸 付諸 fù​zhū verb
    to hand over to
    to hand over to; to submit or entrust to (a person or entity; contraction of 之 zhī and 于 yú)
  2. 东 東 dōng noun
    east
    east; eastern; the direction where the sun rises
  3. 流 liú verb
    to flow
    to flow or stream like a liquid; to shed tears, sweat, or blood