水中捞月(shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè): (lit.) to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 水中撈月
(lit.) to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè
- Meaning
- (lit.) to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 水中撈月
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 水中捞月 — tap one to open its word page.
yī一qīng清rú如shuǐ水
lit. as clear as water (idiom)
yī一tán潭sǐ死shuǐ水
a pool of stagnant water
yī一yī衣dài带shuǐ水
(separated only by) a narrow strip of water
yī一tóu头wù雾shuǐ水
to be confused
sān三shuǐ水
see 三水区
sān三shuǐ水qū区
Sanshui, a district of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong
shàng上shàn善ruò若shuǐ水
the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle a…
xià下shuǐ水
downstream
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