三十晚上盼月亮,没有指望 三十晚上盼月亮,沒有指望 三十晚上盼月亮,沒有指望

waiting for the moon on the last night of the lunar month: no hope

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Said when what one hopes for cannot happen. Rueful.
Simplified
三十晚上盼月亮,没有指望
Traditional (Taiwan)
三十晚上盼月亮,沒有指望
Pinyin
sānshíwǎnshang pàn yuèliang,méiyǒu zhǐwàng
Bopomofo
ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ ㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄆㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓˇ ㄨㄤˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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