Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「射魚指天」 and its usage.
Today, we explore the idiom 「射魚指天」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Shoot fish into the sky. A metaphor for working hard but gaining nothing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shè yú zhǐ tiān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
se6 yu2 ji2 tin1
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