泥田を棒で打つ

Reading

Kana: どろたをぼうでうつ

Romaji: dorotawoboudeutsu

Definition

exp

v5t

1

to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick

Note: obscure term; idiomatic expression

Kanji

泥

Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ

Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to

田

Readings: デン、 た

Meanings: rice field, rice paddy

棒

Reading: ボウ

Meanings: rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line

打

Readings: ダ、 ダアス、 う.つ、 う.ち-、 ぶ.つ

Meanings: strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen