竹篮打水，一场空
Definitions
- 1. using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
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Child Words of 竹篮打水，一场空
one
threshing floor
large place used for a specific purpose
dozen (loanword)
to beat
water
empty
to empty
all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing
to draw water
bamboo
wicker basket
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
basket (receptacle)