竹篮打水
zhú​lán​dǎ​shuǐ

wasted effort

  • created reference approved 竹篮打水/竹籃打水 → 竹篮打水一场空/竹籃打水一場空 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    竹篮打水 / 竹籃打水 zhú​lán​dǎ​shuǐ

    竹篮打水一场空 / 竹籃打水一場空 zhú​lán​dǎ​shuǐ​yī​chǎng​kōng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 竹篮打水/竹籃打水 · zhú​lán​dǎ​shuǐ · wasted effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    竹篮打水 / 竹籃打水

    zhú​lán​dǎ​shuǐ

    wasted effort

    using a wicker basket to draw water; a metaphor for all one's efforts being in vain

    竹篮 (literal) → 竹篮/竹籃 · zhú​lán · bamboo basket 打水 (literal) → 打水 · dǎ​shuǐ · to draw water

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

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