水中捞月
shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè
Pinyin

Definition

水中捞月
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shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè
  1. lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
  2. a hopeless endeavor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中午
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
月
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
一月
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
七月
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
下水
xià shuǐ
  1. 1 downstream
  2. 2 to go into the water
  3. 3 to put into water
  4. 4 to launch (a ship)
  5. 5 fig. to fall into bad ways
  6. 6 to lead astray
  7. 7 to go to pot
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
中分
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
中原
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中场
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
中央
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
中学
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person

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