不稂不莠
bù​láng​bù​yǒu

useless

  • created reference approved 不稂不莠 → 不郎不秀 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不稂不莠 bù​láng​bù​yǒu

    不郎不秀 bù​láng​bù​xiù

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不稂不莠 · bù​láng​bù​yǒu · useless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不稂不莠

    bù​láng​bù​yǒu

    useless

    useless; good-for-nothing; worthless; originally referring to a field without weeds, this idiom now describes someone who has failed to grow into a capable person or lacks any promise

    bù​láng​bù​yòu

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 稂 (literal) → 稂 · láng · weed 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 莠 (literal) → 莠 · yǒu · bristlegrass

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense