海底捞月 hǎidǐlāoyuè to strive for the impossible Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 海底捞月 海底撈月 hǎidǐlāoyuè to strive for the impossible to try to do something that is impossible or illusory; to waste one's efforts on something that cannot be achieved upward scooping motion a martial arts move or a general scooping motion performed from below upward, such as when saving a ball near the ground winning on the last tile (mahjong) to complete one's hand by drawing the very last available tile from the wall Frequency Written text 0.039 per million Cross-References Same as 水中捞月 shuǐzhōnglāoyuè海底摸月 hǎidǐmōyuèAbbreviation of 海底捞 hǎidǐlāo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
海底捞月 海底撈月 hǎidǐlāoyuè to strive for the impossible to try to do something that is impossible or illusory; to waste one's efforts on something that cannot be achieved upward scooping motion a martial arts move or a general scooping motion performed from below upward, such as when saving a ball near the ground winning on the last tile (mahjong) to complete one's hand by drawing the very last available tile from the wall Frequency Written text 0.039 per million Cross-References Same as 水中捞月 shuǐzhōnglāoyuè海底摸月 hǎidǐmōyuèAbbreviation of 海底捞 hǎidǐlāo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
