Nán jī Běi dǒu
南箕北斗 (Nán jī Běi dǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use”.
Meanings
- 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