付诸东流 fù zhū dōng liú

wasted effort

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 28488th word

Definitions

  1. 1. wasted effort

Characters

Character Meaning
付 fù HSK 4
to pay; to hand over to; surname Fu
诸 zhū HSK 6
all; various; surname Zhu
东 dōng HSK 1
east; surname Dong
流 liú HSK 4
to flow; to circulate or spread; to move or drift