created reference approved 炊砂作饭/炊砂作飯 → 炊沙成饭/炊沙成飯 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
炊砂作饭 / 炊砂作飯 chuīshāzuòfàn
炊沙成饭 / 炊沙成飯 chuīshāchéngfàn
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 炊砂作饭/炊砂作飯 → 炊沙作饭/炊沙作飯 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
炊砂作饭 / 炊砂作飯 chuīshāzuòfàn
炊沙作饭 / 炊沙作飯 chuīshāzuòfàn
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 炊砂作饭/炊砂作飯 · chuīshāzuòfàn · to boil sand to make rice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
炊砂作饭 / 炊砂作飯
chuīshāzuòfàn
to boil sand to make rice
to waste one's effort on a fruitless task; to attempt the impossible
炊 (literal) → 炊 · chuī · to cook 砂 (literal) → 砂 · 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