Definition
无用功 literally means 'useless work' and refers to effort that produces no result, often in a frustrating context. It can also have a technical meaning in physics (lost work), but that's less common in everyday use.
n.
useless workwasted effort
Examples
- 无用功，。Tā zuò le hěn duō mó, zuìhòu háishì shībài le.He did a lot of useless work, and in the end he still failed.
- 无用功。Bié zài zhèyàng de xiǎo shì shàng làngfèi mó le.Don't waste your effort on such trivial matters.
- 无用功，。Zhè cì shíyàn wánquán shì mó, méiyǒu rènhé xīn fāxiàn.This experiment was entirely wasted effort, with no new discoveries.
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