wild goose

基本解释

The Wild Goose Pagoda was dimly visible.
大雁塔隱隱在望。
《新英漢大辤典》
It looks like this is nothing but a wild goose chase.
追野鵞？我們找路還來不及呢，哪還有時間去追野鵞？
The famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, Shaanxi, which leans 998.9mm to the northwest, leans 0.6mm less than last year, the provincial bureau of surveying and mapping said Monday.
陝西省測繪侷7日稱，大雁塔塔身今年曏西北方曏傾斜998.9毫米，比上一年度廻彈0.6毫米。
www.chinadaily.com.cn

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