竹籃打水一場空

Chinese

		using a wicker basket to draw water; wild-goose chase; wasted effort	all of one's hopes and efforts coming to nothing
trad. (竹籃打水一場空)		竹籃打水	一場空
simp. (竹篮打水一场空)		竹篮打水	一场空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchángkōng, zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchǎngkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchángkōng [Phonetic: zhúlándáshuǐyìchángkōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlán dǎshuěi yichángkong
  - Wade–Giles: chu²-lan² ta³-shui³ i¹-chʻang²-kʻung¹
  - Yale: jú-lán dǎ-shwěi yī-cháng-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulan daashoei icharngkong
  - Palladius: чжулань дашуй ичанкун (čžulanʹ dašuj ičankun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchǎngkōng [Phonetic: zhúlándáshuǐyìchǎngkōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlán dǎshuěi yichǎngkong
  - Wade–Giles: chu²-lan² ta³-shui³ i¹-chʻang³-kʻung¹
  - Yale: jú-lán dǎ-shwěi yī-chǎng-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulan daashoei ichaangkong
  - Palladius: чжулань дашуй ичанкун (čžulanʹ dašuj ičankun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

竹籃打水一場空

as futile as drawing water with a bamboo basket

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