海底撈月

Reading

Kana: かいていろうげつ

Romaji: kaiteirougetsu

Definition

noun

1

totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

海

Readings: カイ、 うみ

Meanings: sea, ocean

底

Readings: テイ、 そこ

Meanings: bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

撈

Readings: ロウ、 リョウ

Meaning: catch fish

月

Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき

Meanings: month, moon