using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
trad. 竹籃打水，一場空
Also written 竹籃打水，一場空【zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng】
Characters in this word
7竹
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(bound form) bamboo, Kangxi radical 118
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 30927 of 2500
篮
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basket (receptacle), basket (in basketball)
- Pinyin
- lán
- Traditional
- 籃
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 34828 of 2500
打
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(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]
- Pinyin
- dá
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 195 of 2500
水
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surname Shui, Shui ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 807 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
场
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threshing floor, classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 場
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2448 of 2500
空
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empty, air, sky, in vain
- Pinyin
- kōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2458 of 2500