劳而无功
劳而无功
láo ér wú gōng
to work hard while accomplishing little; to toil to no avail
verb
Traditional: 勞而無功
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- (verb) to work hard while accomplishing little
- to toil to no avail
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Related Words
俾夜作昼(bǐ yè zuò zhòu)— lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
→做牛做马(zuò niú zuò mǎ)— lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
→刻苦耐劳(kè kǔ nài láo)— to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
→前人栽树，后人乘凉(qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng)— to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
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