劳而无功 meaning in Chinese
toil with no gain; a fruitless attempt; all one's efforts came to naught.; exert oneself to no purpose; labour lost; lost labour; make futile efforts; much cry and little wool; toil in vain; work hard but to no avail
Examples
- The teacher 's attempts at enlightenment failed ; i remained as confused as before .
老师虽尽力开导却劳而无功，我仍像以前一样糊涂。 - He died for germany in the gigantic and futile operation called citadel .
他在被称为“城堡”行动的一次大规模的劳而无功的战役中阵亡。 - After years of frustrated efforts i was wild to accomplish things-and twenty-eight years old .
过去几年，我劳而无功，到这时，已经二十八岁了心中怀着强烈的欲望，想有一番作为。 - She tried to prevent the work from being done in vain
她试图防止工作做得劳而无功。 - Yet , all this work was for nothing
然而，这些工作都是劳而无功。