打水漂

Chinese

beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
ducks and drakes
trad. (打水漂) 水漂
simp. #(打水漂) 水漂

Pronunciation


Verb

打⫽水漂 (verb-object)

  1. (literal sense) to play ducks and drakes
  2. (figurative) to waste (a large amount of money); to squander; to lose entirely