created reference approved 劳而无功/勞而無功 → 不劳而获/不勞而獲 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
劳而无功 / 勞而無功 láo'érwúgōng
不劳而获 / 不勞而獲 bùláo'érhuò
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 劳而无功/勞而無功 → 事半功倍 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
劳而无功 / 勞而無功 láo'érwúgōng
事半功倍 shìbàngōngbèi
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 劳而无功/勞而無功 · láo'érwúgōng · to work in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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
劳 (literal) → 劳/勞 · láo · to work 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 无功 (literal) → 无功/無功 · wúgōng · to have no merit
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition