无功而返(wú gōng ér fǎn): to return without any achievement (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 無功而返
to return without any achievement (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- wú gōng ér fǎn
- Meaning
- to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 無功而返
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 无功而返 — tap one to open its word page.
yī一shì事wú无chéng成
HSK 7-9(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
yī一wú无suǒ所yǒu有
HSK 7-9not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
yī一wú无suǒ所zhī知
HSK 7-9(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
yī一wǎng往wú无qián前
to advance courageously (idiom)
yī一wàng望wú无yín垠
to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
yī一wàng望wú无jì际
as far as the eye can see (idiom)
yī一wú无suǒ所huò获
to gain nothing
yī一wú无suǒ所wén闻
unheard of
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