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Meaning of 竹篮打水

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zhú lán shuǐ (Trad.: 竹籃打水)
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
Example Sentences
1
You are drawing water with a sieve.
2
Finally, it is like drawing water with a sieve.
3
After months of struggling it had clearly gotten to be a futile exercise.
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His dream of being hired as an editor proved to be pie in the sky.
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But blocking online content is like using a sieve to stop the flow of water.