竹篮打水 in English zhu2 lan2 da3 shui3 Meaning

Meanings

  • using a wicker basket to draw water (idiomatic expression); wasted effort

Simplified Characters

竹 篮 打 水

Traditional Characters

竹 籃 打 水

Pinyin

zhu2 lan2 da3 shui3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

竹zhu2bamboo 篮lan2basket (receptacle) 打da3dozen (loanword) 水shui3surname Shui