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 | ||
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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
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 竹籃打水一場空