Take the snow and fill the river

Take the snow and fill the river

Danxue Tiaohe, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ā nxu ě Ti á NH é, which means to pick snow to fill the river. It is a metaphor for futility. It comes from "Sanqu of the whole Yuan Dynasty, Putian music, mocking customs".

The origin of Idioms

In "Sanqu of the whole Yuan Dynasty, Putian music, mocking customs", it is said that "every time my sister digs ice to make fire, every time my mother-in-law points to mountains and sells grind, and every time my brother fills in snow."

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute; metaphor in vain.