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竹籃打水，一場空

简竹篮打水，一场空 · 繁竹籃打水，一場空

Mandarin · pinyin zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng

using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort

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竹: zhú · bamboo; flute; Kangxi radical 118
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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
場: chǎng · open space, field, market
空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
篮: lán · basket
场: chǎng · open space, field, market

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