打水撇儿
dǎ​shuǐ​piě​r

to skip stones

  • created sense approved 打水撇儿/打水撇兒 · dǎ​shuǐ​piě​r · to skip stones — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打水撇儿 / 打水撇兒

    dǎ​shuǐ​piě​r

    to skip stones

    to throw a flat stone across water so it skips; also used metaphorically to mean wasting money or resources without getting a result

    打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 撇 (literal) → 撇 · piě · to fling 儿 (bound) → 儿/兒 · r · [erhua suffix]

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    created sense