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水中捞月
shuǐ​zhōng​lāo​yuè

hopeless endeavor

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
水中捞月 水中撈月 shuǐ​zhōng​lāo​yuè
hopeless endeavor
literally "to scoop the moon out of the water"; to make impractical or vain efforts; a hopeless endeavor

Frequency

Written text
0.042 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 海底捞月 hǎi​dǐ​lāo​yuè
  • 水底捞月 shuǐ​dǐ​lāo​yuè

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)