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劳而无功

劳
勞
而
而
无
無
功
功
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail

Characters and words in 劳而无功

劳
勞
láo = l + ao2
to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed / to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)
Add a new mnemonic for 劳 = 艹 + 冖 + 力
Add a new mnemonic for 勞 = 炏 + 冖 + 力
而
ér = Ø + Ø2
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
Add a new mnemonic for 而 = 𦉫 + 丆
无
無
wú = w + Ø2
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
Add a new mnemonic for 无 = 一 + 𠂇 + 乚
Add a new mnemonic for 無 =
功
gōng = gu + (e)ng1
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
Add a new mnemonic for 功 = 力 + 工

Words with 劳而无功

劳而无功 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 劳而无功

劳而无功 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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