水底捞月
shuǐ​dǐ​lāo​yuè

to do something in vain

  • created reference approved 水底捞月/水底撈月 → 水中捞月/水中撈月 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水底捞月 / 水底撈月 shuǐ​dǐ​lāo​yuè

    水中捞月 / 水中撈月 shuǐ​zhōng​lāo​yuè

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 水底捞月/水底撈月 · shuǐ​dǐ​lāo​yuè · to do something in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水底捞月 / 水底撈月

    shuǐ​dǐ​lāo​yuè

    to do something in vain

    to fish the moon out of the water; used to describe a futile effort or a waste of energy

    水底 (literal) → 水底 · shuǐ​dǐ · bottom of the water 捞 (literal) → 捞/撈 · lāo · to scoop up 月 (literal) → 月 · yuè · moon

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

    created sense