竹篮打水，一场空 in English zhu2 lan2 da3 shui3 , yi1 chang2 kong1 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

竹 篮 打 水 ， 一 场 空

Traditional Characters

竹 籃 打 水 ， 一 場 空

Pinyin

zhu2 lan2 da3 shui3 , yi1 chang2 kong1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

竹zhu2bamboo 篮lan2basket (receptacle) 打da3dozen (loanword) 水shui3surname Shui ， 一yi1one 场chang3threshing floor 空kong1empty