于事无补
yú​shì​wú​bǔ

to no avail

  • created reference approved 于事无补/於事無補 → 无济于事/無濟於事 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    于事无补 / 於事無補 yú​shì​wú​bǔ

    无济于事 / 無濟於事 wú​jì​yú​shì

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 于事无补/於事無補 → 无补于事/無補於事 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    于事无补 / 於事無補 yú​shì​wú​bǔ

    无补于事 / 無補於事 wú​bǔ​yú​shì

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 于事无补/於事無補 · yú​shì​wú​bǔ · to no avail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    于事无补 / 於事無補

    yú​shì​wú​bǔ

    to no avail

    it doesn't help the situation; useless or unhelpful to the matter at hand

    于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · to 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 无补 (literal) → 无补/無補 · wú​bǔ · to be of no help

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

    created sense