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This introduction highlights the idiom 「水底撈月」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It is a metaphor that doing something that is impossible to achieve will only result in a waste of effort. Same as “fishing for the moon in the water”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shuǐ dǐ lāo yuè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seui2 dai2 lou1/laau4 yut6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
