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水中撈月

水中撈月

See also: 水中捞月

Chinese

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|- ! !water; river

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middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)

!fish up !moon; month |- !trad. (水中撈月) | | | | |- !simp. (水中捞月) | | | | |- !Literally: “to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water”. |}

Idiom

水中撈月

  1. to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon
    Synonyms: 海中撈月海中捞月, 海底撈月海底捞月, 水底摸月水中捉月