水中撈月
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See also: 水中捞月
Chinese[edit]
water; river | middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
fish up | moon; month | ||
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trad. (水中撈月) | 水 | 中 | 撈 | 月 | |
simp. (水中捞月) | 水 | 中 | 捞 | 月 | |
alternative forms | 水中捉月 水底摸月 海中撈月/海中捞月 海底撈月/海底捞月 | ||||
Literally: “to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi2 zung1 laau4 jyut6 / seoi2 zung1 laau1 jyut6 / seoi2 zung1 lou4 jyut6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhonglaoyuè
- Wade–Giles: shui3-chung1-lao1-yüeh4
- Yale: shwěi-jūng-lāu-ywè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijonglhauyueh
- Palladius: шуйчжунлаоюэ (šujčžunlaojue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 zung1 laau4 jyut6 / seoi2 zung1 laau1 jyut6 / seoi2 zung1 lou4 jyut6
- Yale: séui jūng làauh yuht / séui jūng lāau yuht / séui jūng lòuh yuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 dzung1 laau4 jyt9 / soey2 dzung1 laau1 jyt9 / soey2 dzung1 lou4 jyt9
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 zung1 lao4 yud6 / sêu2 zung1 lao1 yud6 / sêu2 zung1 lou4 yud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/, /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/, /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom[edit]
水中撈月
- (figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon
Synonyms[edit]
- (Cantonese) 海底摸月