Vocabulary
かいていろうげつ海底撈月 かいていろうげつ海底撈月 かいていろうげつ海底撈月

Meaning

totally useless (fruitless) effort and wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

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Component Analysis

海底撈月
haitei winning hand, winning on the last tile drawn from the wall
かいていろうげつ
海
sea, ocean
うみ, カイ
氵
( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
每
every, each
つね, マイ, バイ
𠂉
母
mother
はは, も, ボ
毋
do not, must not, be not...
はは, ぼ, ブ
毋
do not, must not, be not...
はは, ぼ, ブ
底
bottom, sole, depth...
そこ, テイ
广
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン
厂
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
かりがね, カン
氐
name of an ancient tribe
ふもと, テイ, タイ
氏
family name, surname, clan
うじ, -うじ, シ
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ
撈
catch fish
ロウ, リョウ
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
勞
thank for, reward for
ろう.する, いたわ.る, ロウ
𤇾
炏
火
fire
ひ, -び, カ
火
fire
ひ, -び, カ
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
力
power, strength, strong...
ちから, リョク, リキ
月
month, moon
つき, ゲツ, ガツ
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