鸡毛敲铜钟,白费劲 雞毛敲銅鐘,白費勁 雞毛敲銅鐘,白費勁

striking a bronze bell with a chicken feather: wasted effort

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
The method is wrong so the effort has no effect.
Simplified
鸡毛敲铜钟,白费劲
Traditional (Taiwan)
雞毛敲銅鐘,白費勁
Pinyin
jīmáo qiāo tóng zhōng, bái fèijìn
Bopomofo
ㄐㄧ ㄇㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ,ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

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

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