WordTaiwan frequency #18,054
徒勞無功
ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
“to work in vain; futile effort that yields no result”
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徒
ㄊㄨˊ
disciple or apprentice; follower; believer; on foot; to no avail; in vain; merely; just; only; a prison sentence
勞
ㄌㄠˊ
To work hard; labor; toil; fatigue; a laborer; a meritorious deed; surname Lao; used in polite expressions to trouble someone.
無
ㄨˊ
Not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less; used in Buddhist phrases like 'namo'.
功
ㄍㄨㄥ
Achievement or accomplishment; merit or good result; work or effort; success; a type of mourning attire.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 無法ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇunable to; incapable of; no way to; no method to
- 成功ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥto succeed; success; successful; fruitful; achieving desired results; effective; productive
- 功能ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄥˊfunction; capability; the designed purpose or role of something; what a device or system can do.
- 無論ㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋno matter what; regardless of; used to introduce a condition that does not affect the outcome; let alone; not to mention
- 毫無ㄏㄠˊ ㄨˊnot in the least; completely lacking; utterly without
- 勞工ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄥlaborer; worker employed to do manual or physical work in exchange for wages; labor (as a general concept).
- 勞動ㄌㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋwork; physical labor; toil; the use of effort to produce goods or provide services; (in Taiwan) a polite expression thanking someone for doing something; to disturb; to tire out.
- 無奈ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˋhelpless; having no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- 無限ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋwithout limit; boundless; endless; infinite.
- 無數ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋcountless; innumerable; extremely many; without a fixed number
- 功課ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄜˋhomework; schoolwork; classwork; a student's lessons or assignments; in Buddhism, daily devotional practice such as chanting and recitation.
- 無關ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄢunrelated; having nothing to do with something else; no connection or relevance