系风捕影
xì​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

to chase the wind and clutch at shadows

  • created reference approved 系风捕影/繫風捕影 → 系风捕景/繫風捕景 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    系风捕影 / 繫風捕影 xì​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

    系风捕景 / 繫風捕景 xì​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 系风捕影/繫風捕影 · xì​fēng​bǔ​yǐng · to chase the wind and clutch at shadows — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    系风捕影 / 繫風捕影

    xì​fēng​bǔ​yǐng

    to chase the wind and clutch at shadows

    To pursue something that is completely groundless or impossible to achieve, similar to how wind cannot be tied up and shadows cannot be caught.

    系 (literal) → 系 · xì · to tie 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 捕影 (literal) → 捕影 · bǔ​yǐng · to catch shadows

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

    created sense