"竹籃打水" meaning in 漢語

See 竹籃打水 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lɑɻ³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Erhua, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʊk̚⁵ laːm²¹ taː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 竹篮打水 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 花費力氣卻沒有成效 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-竹籃打水-zh-phrase-tZfQ92zH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 竹籃打水一場空 [Traditional-Chinese], 竹篮打水一场空 [Simplified-Chinese]
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「打」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「水」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「竹」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「籃」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "竹籃打水一場空"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "竹篮打水一场空"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "竹篮打水",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "用竹籃取水",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "花費力氣卻沒有成效"
      ],
      "id": "zh-竹籃打水-zh-phrase-tZfQ92zH",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhúlándǎshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhúlándǎshuǐ [實際讀音:zhúlándáshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhúlándǎshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chu²-lan²-ta³-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jú-lán-dǎ-shwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jwulandaashoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžulanʹdašuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжуланьдашуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhúlánrdǎshuǐ [實際讀音:zhúlánrdáshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊㄦ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhúlánrdǎshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chu²-lan²-ʼrh-ta³-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jú-lánr-dǎ-shwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jwulaldaashoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžulanʹrdašuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжуланьрдашуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lɑɻ³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jūk làahm dá séui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzuk⁷ laam⁴ daa² soey²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zug¹ lam⁴ da² sêu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊk̚⁵ laːm²¹ taː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "竹籃打水"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「打」的漢語詞",
    "帶「水」的漢語詞",
    "帶「竹」的漢語詞",
    "帶「籃」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "竹籃打水一場空"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "竹篮打水一场空"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "竹篮打水",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "用竹籃取水",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "花費力氣卻沒有成效"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhúlándǎshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhúlándǎshuǐ [實際讀音:zhúlándáshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhúlándǎshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chu²-lan²-ta³-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jú-lán-dǎ-shwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jwulandaashoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžulanʹdašuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжуланьдашуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhúlánrdǎshuǐ [實際讀音:zhúlánrdáshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊㄦ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhúlánrdǎshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chu²-lan²-ʼrh-ta³-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jú-lánr-dǎ-shwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jwulaldaashoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžulanʹrdašuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжуланьрдашуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lɑɻ³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jūk làahm dá séui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzuk⁷ laam⁴ daa² soey²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zug¹ lam⁴ da² sêu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊk̚⁵ laːm²¹ taː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "竹籃打水"
}

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