水中捞月
Traditional form:
水中撈月
Pinyin (reading):
shuǐzhōnglāoyuè
Definitions:
- lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
- fig. a hopeless endeavor
Characters:
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 捞 - to dredge up; to fish for; to scoop out of the water
- 月 - moon; month
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