爬楼梯摘月亮,白费力气 爬樓梯摘月亮,白費力氣 爬樓梯摘月亮,白費力氣

climbing stairs to pick the moon: wasted effort

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes effort spent with no result.
Simplified
爬楼梯摘月亮,白费力气
Traditional (Taiwan)
爬樓梯摘月亮,白費力氣
Pinyin
pá lóutī zhāi yuèliang, báifèi lìqi
Bopomofo
ㄆㄚˊ ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄧ ㄓㄞ ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ,ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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