tú​láo​wú​yì

futile effort

  • created sense approved 徒劳无益/徒勞無益 · tú​láo​wú​yì · futile effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    徒劳无益 / 徒勞無益

    tú​láo​wú​yì

    futile effort

    a futile endeavor; to waste energy for no gain

    徒劳 (literal) → 徒劳/徒勞 · tú​láo · futile effort 无益 (literal) → 无益/無益 · wú​yì · useless

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

    created sense