空入寶山
kōng​rù​bǎo​shān

to waste an opportunity

  • created sense approved 空入宝山/空入寶山 · kōng​rù​bǎo​shān · to waste an opportunity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空入宝山 / 空入寶山

    kōng​rù​bǎo​shān

    to waste an opportunity

    to enter a mountain of treasures and come back empty-handed; to fail to take advantage of a great opportunity despite being in a position to do so

    空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · in vain 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter 宝山 (literal) → 宝山/寶山 · bǎo​shān · mountain of treasures

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

    created sense