南箕北斗

Nán jī Běi dǒu

Dictionary entry

lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)

What does 南箕北斗 mean?

南箕北斗 (Nán jī Běi dǒu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)

2fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use

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南Nánsurname Nan 箕jīwinnow basket 北běinorth · (classical) to be defeated 斗Dǒuabbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]

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