竹籃打水一場空

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Chinese

using a wicker basket to draw water; wild-goose chase; wasted effort all of one's hopes and efforts coming to nothing
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

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竹籃打水一場空

  1. as futile as drawing water with a bamboo basket