海底撈月 (hoi2 dai2 laau4 jyut6) — winning with the last tile of the wall in Cantonese | HKDictionary

hoiˊ²海daiˊ²底laauˎ₄撈jyutˍ₆月

简海底捞月

Mandarin Pinyin: hai3 di3 lao1 yue4

Meaning of 海底撈月

nounwinning with the last tile of the wall

nounstrive for the impossible/illusory

nounfishing for the moon from the bottom of the sea

Characters in 海底撈月

a Chinese family name

bottom; base; end

dredge up; scoop up from water; fish for

Kangxi radical 74

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