Draw water with a bamboo basket-empty

It means: draw water with a bamboo basket, and the water will soon leak out. When used, it refers to nothing or a complete failure of desire. The bamboo basket can't hold water, so it's useless to draw water with it. In vain, in the end, there was no result, and all efforts were in vain.

Draw water from a bamboo basket again, which is a metaphor for wasting energy, having no effect, and trying for nothing. It is inappropriate to focus on the method used.

Source: Liang Bin's "Red Flag Spectrum": "Well, this industry draws water with a sieve!"

Example: You have worked so hard for this, so don't get the result of drawing water with a sieve.

Extended information:

Two-part allegorical sayings about bamboo:

1. Bamboo shoots are unearthed-rising day by day

Original meaning: bamboo shoots are unearthed from one section to another. Metaphor: Metaphor means that one's studies are getting better, one's position is always rising or one's business is booming.

Because bamboo shoots always grow from bottom to top after being unearthed, it is used to describe people's rising step by step and living a better life.

2. Hanging lanterns in the bamboo forest-high winds and bright festivals

Original meaning: hanging lanterns in the bamboo forest, the lanterns are hung high, and the bamboo joints are illuminated. Metaphorical meaning: it describes that morality and behavior are noble.

3. Bamboo woven duck-heartless

This refers to a duck (a kind of toy) woven with bamboo sticks and hollow inside, which constitutes a two-part allegorical saying "Bamboo woven duck-heartless" (heartless, heartless), and also directly refers to a person who has no feelings.