Read Edit View history 劳而无功 láo'érwúgōng to work in vain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 劳而无功 勞而無功 láo'érwúgōng to work in vain to work hard while accomplishing little; to toil to no avail; to expend effort for no results Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.127 per million Cross-References Antonym 不劳而获 bùláo'érhuò事半功倍 shìbàngōngbèi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
劳而无功 勞而無功 láo'érwúgōng to work in vain to work hard while accomplishing little; to toil to no avail; to expend effort for no results Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.127 per million Cross-References Antonym 不劳而获 bùláo'érhuò事半功倍 shìbàngōngbèi Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)