Draw water with a bamboo basket-with nothing?

scratch your boots-scratch for nothing

stir-fry leeks and put onions-no use

Dai Xiao, the master of the city god-white robe (running)

fishing for the moon in the sea-drawing water with a bamboo basket-with a sieve?

Blaming the Kitchen God for a stomachache-Empty monster

yawning at the end of his life-opening his mouth

frying stones in the pot-not adding oil and salt

grinding with big head maggots-it's a waste of effort?

The weasel dragging the pig-in vain

The blind man watching the peep show-in vain

Playing the piano to the cow-in vain

The sparrow shakes the maple tree-in vain

The monk puts beans on his head-in vain

Looking for a needle in a haystack-in vain

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beating gongs to catch sparrows-bother

teach bodhisattva to read-in vain

waste light grass to weave-in vain

water and tofu to reverse the bridge-in vain

light grass to rub ropes, rotten boards to bridge-in vain

pour a basket of soybeans.

Take the lime road-a trip for nothing

Paint lime on the wall-brush (say) and draw (say) in white

Lay down your life to eat river gizzards-it's not worth

Digging up meat to patch up sores-it won't turn out

It's not worth stealing chickens but losing rice.