无人问津
wú​rén​wèn​jīn

to be of no interest to anyone

  • created reference approved 无人问津/無人問津 → 问津/問津 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无人问津 / 無人問津 wú​rén​wèn​jīn

    问津 / 問津 wèn​jīn

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 无人问津/無人問津 · wú​rén​wèn​jīn · to be of no interest to anyone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无人问津 / 無人問津

    wú​rén​wèn​jīn

    to be of no interest to anyone

    Literally "no one asks for the ferry crossing," used to describe a place or thing that has been neglected or that nobody cares about anymore.

    无人 (literal) → 无人/無人 · wú​rén · no one 问津 (literal) → 问津/問津 · wèn​jīn · to make inquiries

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

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