无补于事
wú​bǔ​yú​shì

to no avail

  • created reference approved 无补于事/無補於事 → 于事无补/於事無補 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无补于事 / 無補於事 wú​bǔ​yú​shì

    于事无补 / 於事無補 yú​shì​wú​bǔ

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 无补于事/無補於事 · wú​bǔ​yú​shì · to no avail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无补于事 / 無補於事

    wú​bǔ​yú​shì

    to no avail

    To be of no help to the matter at hand; to be useless for solving a problem.

    无补 (literal) → 无补/無補 · wú​bǔ · to be of no help 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · to 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter

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

    created sense