"海底摸月" meaning in Chinese

See 海底摸月 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jyːt̚²⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jyːt̚²⁻³⁵/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyːt̚²/ Chinese transliterations: hoi² dai¹ mo¹ jyut⁶⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], hoi² dai² mo² jyut⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hói dāi mō yút [Cantonese, Yale], hói dái mó yuht [Cantonese, Yale], hoi² dai¹ mo¹ jyt⁹⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], hoi² dai² mo² jyt⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hoi² dei¹ mo¹ yud⁶⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hoi² dei² mo² yud⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 海底摸月
  1. (Cantonese, figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon Tags: Cantonese, figuratively, idiomatic Synonyms: 海底撈月/海底捞月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè), 海底撈月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè), 海底捞月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè)
    Sense id: en-海底摸月-zh-phrase-aIAHP2Bz Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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