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水中捞月
shuǐ​zhōng​lāo​yuè

futile

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
水中捞月 (水中撈月) shuǐ​zhōng​lāo​yuè
futile
a hopeless endeavor; attempting the impossible (literally to scoop the reflection of the moon out of water)

Frequency

Written text
0.042 per million

Cross-References

Referenced by

  • 海底捞月 hǎi​dǐ​lāo​yuè

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)