於事無補

See also: 于事无补

Chinese

		in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	not have	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (於事無補)		於	事	無	補
simp. (于事无补)		于	事	无	补

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúshìwúbǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹ si⁶ mou⁴ bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúshìwúbǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúshìhwúbǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-shih⁴-wu²-pu³
    • Yale: yú-shr̀-wú-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yushyhwubuu
    • Palladius: юйшиубу (jujšiubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu¹ si⁶ mou⁴ bou²
    • Yale: yū sih mòuh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹ si⁶ mou⁴ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu¹ xi⁶ mou⁴ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵ siː²² mou̯²¹ pou̯³⁵/

Idiom

於事無補

1. unhelpful or useless to the situation