无用

Traditional無用

  1. useless
  2. worthless

Example sentences

省略掉无用的词！

shěng lüè diào wú yòng de cí!

Omit needless words!

自然中没有什么是无用的。

zì rán zhōng méi yǒu shén me shì wú yòng de.

Nothing in nature is useless.

Related words

一场空yī cháng kōngall in vain; futile不济bù jì(coll.) no good; of no use不行bù xíngwon't do徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc)于事无补yú shì wú bǔunhelpful名利场míng lì chǎngVanity Fair (novel and magazine title)尘chéndust尘土chén tǔdust

Appears in

英雄无用武之地yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dìa hero with no chance of using his might无用之树wú yòng zhī shùuseless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遥游)

Found in idioms

英雄无用武之地yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dìno scope for one's energies

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