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“竹篮打水一场空”，成语，又作竹篮打水（draw water with a bamboo basket ─ all in vain），比喻白费力气，没有效果，劳而无功（work hard but to no avail；a fruitless attempt）。

例句：

dào tóu lái，zhú lán dǎ shuǐ yī chǎng kōng

到头来，竹篮打水一场空。

Finally, it is like drawing water with a sieve.

yī wèi de zhuī qiú bù qiè shí jì de dōng xī，dào tóu lái zhǐ néng shì zhú lán dǎ shuǐ yī chǎng kōng

一味地追求不切实际的东西，到头来只能是竹篮打水一场空。

On pursuing the unpractical things, you will gain nothing.

Editor: Jade

来源：chinadaily.com.cn