炊沙作饭
chuī​shā​zuò​fàn

cook sand to make rice

  • created sense approved 炊沙作饭/炊沙作飯 · chuī​shā​zuò​fàn · cook sand to make rice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    炊沙作饭 / 炊沙作飯

    chuī​shā​zuò​fàn

    cook sand to make rice

    to attempt something impossible; a waste of effort or a futile task

    炊 (literal) → 炊 · chuī · to cook 沙 (literal) → 沙 · shā · sand 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to do 饭 (literal) → 饭/飯 · fàn · cooked rice

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

    created sense