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海底撈月

かいていろうげつ, ハイテイラオユエkaiteirougetsu

noun

  1. totally useless (fruitless) effort
  2. wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
  3. haitei winning hand
  4. winning on the last tile drawn from the wall

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences