竹籃打水，一場空 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ ， yī cháng kōng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

竹 zhú
HSK 5
bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118
籃 lán basket
打 dǎ
HSK 1
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
水 shuǐ
HSK 1
water, liquid, lotion, juice
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
場 cháng open space, field, market
空 kōng
HSK 3
empty, hollow, bare, deserted