汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 竹籃打水,一場空
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
zhú () lán dǎ/dá shuǐ () chǎng kōng/kòng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

尤里克夫妇到处找他,花了一大笔钱,可竹篮打水,一场空

The Uripues looked for him everywhere, they spent a lot of money, but in vain.

人生如梦一场空吗?

Is life an empty dream?

成就本身就是一场空?

That achievement is at bottom empty?

“打拳不练功,到头一场空”。

"Play boxing without internal, you will get nothing".

撒手而去的时候,才真正地清楚,人的一生只是一场空而已,却悔之晚矣。

Wash away the time really to clear a person's life is only futile, but it is too late.

可是,下次来了又走了,结果还是一场空----只是那股令她着迷的狂热劲却升得更高更热了。

But the next time came and went, and the result was nothing—nothing except that the fever possessing her rose higher and hotter.