See 水中撈月 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"form": "水中捞月",
"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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},
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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},
{
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"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"
]
],
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],
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],
"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"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shuǐzhōng-lāoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shuěijhonglaoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shui³-chung¹-lao¹-yüeh⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shwěi-jūng-lāu-ywè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shoeijonglhauyueh"
},
{
"roman": "šujčžunlaojue",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шуйчжунлаоюэ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau¹ jyut⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seoi² zung¹ lou⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "séui jūng làauh yuht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "séui jūng lāau yuht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "séui jūng lòuh yuht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau¹ jyt⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soey² dzung¹ lou⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao¹ yud⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sêu² zung¹ lou⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsuí-tiong-lo-gua̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "zuy'diongloi'goat"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "水中撈月"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "水中捞月",
"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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"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"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"
]
],
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"(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"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shuǐzhōng-lāoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shuěijhonglaoyuè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shui³-chung¹-lao¹-yüeh⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shwěi-jūng-lāu-ywè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shoeijonglhauyueh"
},
{
"roman": "šujčžunlaojue",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шуйчжунлаоюэ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seoi² zung¹ laau¹ jyut⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seoi² zung¹ lou⁴ jyut⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "séui jūng làauh yuht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "séui jūng lāau yuht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "séui jūng lòuh yuht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soey² dzung¹ laau¹ jyt⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soey² dzung¹ lou⁴ jyt⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sêu² zung¹ lao¹ yud⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sêu² zung¹ lou⁴ yud⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chúi-tiong-lo-goa̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsuí-tiong-lo-gua̍t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "zuy'diongloi'goat"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"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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