tú​láo

futile effort

  • created sense approved 徒劳/徒勞 · tú​láo · futile effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    徒劳 / 徒勞

    tú​láo

    futile effort

    futile or fruitless labor; wasted effort

    徒 (literal) → 徒 · tú · in vain 劳 (literal) → 劳/勞 · láo · to work

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  • created sense approved 徒劳/徒勞 · tú​láo · to work in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    徒劳 / 徒勞

    tú​láo

    to work in vain

    to waste one's energy or labor without results

    徒 (literal) → 徒 · tú · in vain 劳 (literal) → 劳/勞 · láo · to work

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

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