See 水中撈月 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "水中捞月",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "水中捉月"
},
{
"form": "水底摸月"
},
{
"form": "海中撈月"
},
{
"form": "海底撈月"
}
],
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"2": "idiom"
},
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hokkien chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon"
],
"id": "en-水中撈月-zh-phrase-aIAHP2Bz",
"links": [
[
"hopeless",
"hopeless"
],
[
"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"ask for the moon",
"ask for the moon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "海底摸月"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "水內撈月"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "水内捞月"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shuǐzhōng-lāoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau¹ jyut⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seoi² zung¹ lou⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
"zh-pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shuǐzhōng-lāoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shuěijhonglaoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shui³-chung¹-lao¹-yüeh⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shwěi-jūng-lāu-ywè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shoeijonglhauyueh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "шуйчжунлаоюэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "šujčžunlaojue"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "séui jūng làauh yuht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "séui jūng lāau yuht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "séui jūng lòuh yuht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau¹ jyt⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soey² dzung¹ lou⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao¹ yud⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêu² zung¹ lou⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsuí-tiong-lo-gua̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "zuy'diongloi'goat"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"other": "/ seoi² zung¹ laau¹ jyut⁶ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/"
},
{
"other": "/ soey² dzung¹ laau¹ jyt⁹ /"
},
{
"other": "/ sêu² zung¹ lao¹ yud⁶ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/"
}
],
"word": "水中撈月"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "水中捞月",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "水中捉月"
},
{
"form": "水底摸月"
},
{
"form": "海中撈月"
},
{
"form": "海底撈月"
}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 中",
"Chinese terms spelled with 撈",
"Chinese terms spelled with 月",
"Chinese terms spelled with 水",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon"
],
"links": [
[
"hopeless",
"hopeless"
],
[
"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"ask for the moon",
"ask for the moon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shuǐzhōng-lāoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau¹ jyut⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seoi² zung¹ lou⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
"zh-pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shuǐzhōng-lāoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shuěijhonglaoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shui³-chung¹-lao¹-yüeh⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shwěi-jūng-lāu-ywè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shoeijonglhauyueh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "шуйчжунлаоюэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "šujčžunlaojue"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "séui jūng làauh yuht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "séui jūng lāau yuht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "séui jūng lòuh yuht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau¹ jyt⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soey² dzung¹ lou⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao¹ yud⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêu² zung¹ lou⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsuí-tiong-lo-gua̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "zuy'diongloi'goat"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"other": "/ seoi² zung¹ laau¹ jyut⁶ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/"
},
{
"other": "/ soey² dzung¹ laau¹ jyt⁹ /"
},
{
"other": "/ sêu² zung¹ lao¹ yud⁶ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "海底摸月"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "水內撈月"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "水内捞月"
}
],
"word": "水中撈月"
}
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