烂泥扶不上墙
làn​ní​fú​bù​shàng​qiáng

useless

  • created sense approved 烂泥扶不上墙/爛泥扶不上牆 · làn​ní​fú​bù​shàng​qiáng · useless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烂泥扶不上墙 / 爛泥扶不上牆

    làn​ní​fú​bù​shàng​qiáng

    useless

    (idiom) like trying to plaster a wall with mud; describes someone who is inept, lacks ambition, or is impossible to help or improve despite support

    烂泥 (literal) → 烂泥/爛泥 · làn​ní · mud 扶 (literal) → 扶 · fú · to support 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 墙 (literal) → 墙/牆 · qiáng · wall

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

    created sense