打水漂
dǎ shuǐ piāo
Pinyin

Definition

打水漂
 - 
dǎ shuǐ piāo
  1. to skip stones (on water)
  2. (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打算
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 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
一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
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
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

过场也要走。我跟你爸，包括你们，红包不知道花出去多少了，你们不办婚礼，礼金不就打水漂了？
guòchǎng yě yào zǒu 。wǒ gēn nǐ bà ，bāokuò nǐmen ，hóngbāo bù zhīdào huā chūqù duōshao le ，nǐmen bù bàn hūnlǐ ，lǐjīn bù jiù dǎshuǐpiāo le ？
It's a formality that still needs to be carried out. Your father and I, and you guys too, have given out who knows how many red envelopes. If you don't have a wedding, you can't get any of that money back.
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