鏤冰
lòu​bīng

to labor in vain

  • created reference approved 镂冰/鏤冰 → 画脂镂冰/畫脂鏤冰 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镂冰 / 鏤冰 lòu​bīng

    画脂镂冰 / 畫脂鏤冰 huà​zhī​lòu​bīng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 镂冰/鏤冰 · lòu​bīng · to labor in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镂冰 / 鏤冰

    lòu​bīng

    to labor in vain

    to carve ice; used as a metaphor for wasting effort on a task that is impossible or futile; similar to [[画脂镂冰|畫脂鏤冰|hua4 zhi1 lou4 bing1]]

    镂 (literal) → 镂/鏤 · lòu · to engrave 冰 (literal) → 冰 · bīng · ice

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

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