碌碌无闻 / 碌碌無聞

lù​lù​wú​wén

undistinguished

(idiom) to lead a mediocre life without achieving anything of note; remaining obscure and unknown to the public

碌碌 (reduplication) → 碌 · lù · ordinary 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · fame

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM