打水漂 dǎshuǐpiāo to skip stones Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 打水漂 dǎ//shuǐpiāo to skip stones A game where flat stones or tiles are thrown at the water so that they bounce across the surface. to go to waste (colloquial) To lose money or resources entirely without getting any return; to squander or lose one's investment. Frequency Written text 0.433 per million Cross-References Same as 泡汤 pàotāng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
打水漂 dǎ//shuǐpiāo to skip stones A game where flat stones or tiles are thrown at the water so that they bounce across the surface. to go to waste (colloquial) To lose money or resources entirely without getting any return; to squander or lose one's investment. Frequency Written text 0.433 per million Cross-References Same as 泡汤 pàotāng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
