Danxuesaijing

Danxuesaijing

Danxue saijing, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ā nxu ě s ā ij ǐ ng, which means to pick snow to fill the well, which means to be in vain. It comes from Gu Kuang's poems on difficult journey in Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It's just a matter of thinking about it. It's like a snowstorm. There's no end to it.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: in vain

The origin of Idioms

Gu Kuang, Tang Dynasty, wrote in a poem on the road: "if you don't work hard, you can't eat."

Idiom explanation

Pick the snow to fill the well. The metaphor is futile.