撒网捕风
sā​wǎng​bǔ​fēng

to make a vain effort

  • created sense approved 撒网捕风/撒網捕風 · sā​wǎng​bǔ​fēng · to make a vain effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    撒网捕风 / 撒網捕風

    sā​wǎng​bǔ​fēng

    to make a vain effort

    literally to cast a net to catch the wind; a metaphor for wasting one's time or effort on an impossible task

    撒网 (literal) → 撒网/撒網 · sā​wǎng · to cast a net 捕 (literal) → 捕 · bǔ · to catch 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense