無人問津

to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)

Characters and words in 無人問津

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

= + 𠂇 + : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.

= + 𠂇 + : Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.

Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.

Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
unmanned / uninhabited
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
to ask / to inquire

= + : Willy Walrus sees a mouthwatering mandarin hanging over a door in the floor of the encampment's bathroom. He asks himself: "is it a trap?"
to ask; to inquire
to make inquiries / to show interest
to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative)
abbr. for Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) got a new job as a member of the royal guard in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Her job is to collect the sweat (津) and saliva (津) from the faces of the many visitors using a decorator's brush (聿). Afterwards she is to squeeze out the brush over a bottle of water (氵) to collect the liquid.
saliva / sweat / a ferry crossing / a ford (river crossing)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) got a new job as a member of the royal guard in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Her job is to collect the sweat (津) and saliva (津) from the faces of the many visitors using a decorator's brush (聿). Afterwards she is to squeeze out the brush over a bottle of water (氵) to collect the liquid.

Words with 無人問津

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Sentences with 無人問津

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