竹籃打水

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Chinese

bamboo basket to draw water; to copulate
trad. (竹籃打水) 竹籃 打水
simp. (竹篮打水) 竹篮 打水
Literally: “using a wicker basket to draw water”.

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竹籃打水

  1. (figurative) wild-goose chase; wasted effort

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