劳而无功 láo'érwúgōng to work in vain Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 劳而无功 勞而無功 láo'érwúgōng to work in vain to work hard while accomplishing little; to toil to no avail; to expend effort for no results Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.127 per million Cross-References Antonym 不劳而获 bùláo'érhuò事半功倍 shìbàngōngbèi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
劳而无功 勞而無功 láo'érwúgōng to work in vain to work hard while accomplishing little; to toil to no avail; to expend effort for no results Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.127 per million Cross-References Antonym 不劳而获 bùláo'érhuò事半功倍 shìbàngōngbèi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
