无所作为
wú​suǒ​zuò​wéi HSK7

to accomplish nothing

  • created sense approved 无所作为/無所作為 · wú​suǒ​zuò​wéi · to accomplish nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无所作为 / 無所作為

    wú​suǒ​zuò​wéi

    to accomplish nothing

    (idiom) attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing; having no initiative or drive; making no effort and staying in a state of inertia

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 作为 (literal) → 作为/作為 · zuò​wéi · to accomplish

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

    created sense