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樗栎
chū​lì

good-for-nothing

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樗栎 樗櫟 chū​lì
good-for-nothing
(literary) an incapable or useless person; originally referring to trees with low-quality wood that is unfit for construction; often used as a self-depreciating expression for one's own lack of talent.