水中捉月 shuǐzhōngzhuōyuè to make vain efforts Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 水 shuǐ noun water water; a liquid, juice, or lotion中 zhōng locative middle middle; center; within; among; inside a range or period of time捉 zhuō verb to catch to catch, capture, or arrest; to seize someone or something月 yuè noun moon (bound form) the moon; lunar