鸡抱鸭，枉费心雞抱鴨，枉費心雞抱鴨，枉費心

a hen hatching a duck egg: wasted effort

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: All effort is wasted because it goes against the nature of things. Variant of 鸡孵鸭子，白费劲.

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Simplified: 鸡抱鸭，枉费心
Traditional (Taiwan): 雞抱鴨，枉費心
Pinyin: jī bào yā, wǎngfèi xīn
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄚ，ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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