carry snow to fill a well(tiāo xuě tián jǐng)

carry snow to fill a well

It's an idiom to dig a snow to fill a well. Pinyin is ti ā oxu ě Ti á NJ ǐ ng, which is a metaphor for work without success.

source

Gu Kuang, Tang Dynasty, wrote three difficult journeys: "if you don't work hard, you can't eat." Shi Zheng of Song Dynasty received Jiatai Pu Deng Lu: "how many Buddhist monks pick snow to fill the well."

usage

It means to work in vain.

interpretation

It's a metaphor for doing nothing

Chinese PinYin : tiāo xuě tián jǐng