扶不起的阿斗
fú​bu​qǐ​de'ā​dǒu

a hopeless case

  • created sense approved 扶不起的阿斗 · fú​bu​qǐ​de'ā​dǒu · a hopeless case — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扶不起的阿斗

    fú​bu​qǐ​de'ā​dǒu

    a hopeless case

    an inept and weak person who cannot be helped or supported no matter how much effort is put in; a milksop or weakling

    fú​bù​qǐ​de'ā​dǒu

    扶 (literal) → 扶 · fú · to support 不起 (literal) → 不起 · bù​qǐ · cannot afford to 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 阿斗 (literal) → 阿斗 · ā​dǒu · A-dou

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

    created sense