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 ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧ ㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchángkōng [Phonetic: zhúlándáshuǐyìchángkōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ 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 ㄧ ㄔㄤˇ 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

1. as futile as drawing water with a bamboo basket