drill a fire to get ice
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ā nhu ǒ D é B ī ng, which means to compare impossible things. From Fayuan Zhulin.
The origin of Idioms
In the Fayuan Zhulin written by Shi Daoshi in the Tang Dynasty, it is said that "no ice can be obtained by drilling fire, and wheat can be obtained by planting beans."
Idiom usage
It has a derogatory meaning.
Chinese PinYin : zuān huǒ dé bīng
drill a fire to get ice
The defense of mulberry soil. sāng tǔ zhī fáng
study your own daughter properly when finding her a husband.. xiàng nǚ pèi fū
equally difficult to go on or retreat. jìn tuì shī jù