水內撈月
Chinese
editwater; river | inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior |
fish up | moon; month | ||
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trad. (水內撈月) | 水 | 內 | 撈 | 月 | |
simp. (水内捞月) | 水 | 内 | 捞 | 月 | |
alternative forms | 水裡撈月/水里捞月 | ||||
Literally: “to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-lāi-hô͘-ge̍h
- Tâi-lô: tsuí-lāi-hôo-ge̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: zuylaixho'geh
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²²⁻²¹ hɔ²⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
edit水內撈月
- (Xiamen Hokkien, figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon