鏤塵吹影
lòu​chén​chuī​yǐng

to make futile efforts

  • created sense approved 镂尘吹影/鏤塵吹影 · lòu​chén​chuī​yǐng · to make futile efforts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镂尘吹影 / 鏤塵吹影

    lòu​chén​chuī​yǐng

    to make futile efforts

    to waste time and energy on something impossible; to make a pointless effort; literally meaning to carve dust and blow at a shadow

    镂 (literal) → 镂/鏤 · lòu · to engrave 尘 (literal) → 尘/塵 · chén · dust 吹 (literal) → 吹 · chuī · to blow 影 (literal) → 影 · yǐng · shadow

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

    created sense