Explanation: To pay: to; all: is to; east: to the east of the rivers. Washed away into the river in east. Hopes of analogy, come to naught Usage: Partial official; as the predicate attribute; metaphor frustrate the expectations come to naught Source: Qing Liang "re-split of a newspaper owned land": "This hard-working lay aside the previous results obtained, then go down the drain." Examples: Xi Qing Bingyin decision pool, script ~, it recorded its outline here. (Qing Huang Jun Jae "pot of gold duck and India ink Legend of Seven Whole Story")
No. 2
Something thrown into the water are pushed away. Metaphor frustrate the expectations come to naught.
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fù zhū dōng liú
Object cast to pay the water in river flows forever. Yu fail, the hope that the ash
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No. 4
See "vain."
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No. 5
To pay: to; all: the at. Throw away the water flows east of. Metaphor frustrate the expectations of the outcome of the loss, come to naught, as if washed away with water.
n.: all one's efforts wasted, irrevocably lost, (efforts) wasted, (acomplishments) undone or ruined, (hope) busted
French Expression
s'en aller à vau-l'eau, laisser une affaire aller à vau-l'eau, laisser emporter qch par le courant, laisser tomber
Thesaurus
fall short of success for lack of a final effort, be irrevocally lost as sth. is thrown into the eastward flowing stream, There's many a slip between the cup and the lip; fail in a great undertaking on the verge of success, Guilengzhichuang, (usually said of a martyr, hero, etc.) to die before the fulfilment of his ambition or aspiration
Antonym Group
You pays your money and takes your choice., Jinru wish, be in one's element (like fish in water), sit pretty, try to find humanity and finally get if, fruits fall off when ripe— things will be easily settled when conditions are ripe, Guashushengluo, win instant success