竹篮打水一场空

/ zhú lán dǎ shuǐ yī chǎng kōng /

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draw water with a sieve
... draw up with 追上 draw water with a sieve 竹篮打水一场空 ; 白费劲 ; 竹篮子打水一场空 Draw Blood With One Prick 一针见血 ...
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Draw water in/with a sieve
... water until you get in fresh)：净水将来，莫泼脏水 Draw water in/with a sieve(=pour water into a sieve)：竹篮打水一场空 draw water to one's own mill：处处为本人盘算；谋取私利 ..
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drawing water in a bamboo basket means drawing nothing
... 众人拾柴火焰高many hands make light work. 竹篮打水一场空drawing water in a bamboo basket means drawing nothing. 形容人“病得厉害”用sick as a dog， ...
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all in vain
... diamond-cutting对抗激烈的 all in vain竹篮打水一场空 It's a lost cause彻底没有希望 ...

短语

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竹篮子打水一场空
pour water into a sieve ; Drawwaterina sieve ; Draw water with a sieve

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你是竹篮打水一场空。
You are drawing water with a sieve.
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好几个月的斗争换来的却是竹篮打水一场空。
After months of struggling it had clearly gotten to be a futile exercise.
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他当编辑的梦想证明不过是竹篮打水一场空。
His dream of being hired as an editor proved to be pie in the sky.

竹篮打水一场空
竹篮打水一场空是一个汉语成语，读音为zhú lán dǎ shuǐ yì cháng kōng，又作竹篮打水，比喻白费力气，没有效果，劳而无功。侧重于用的方法不合适。出自唐·寒山《诗》。

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