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Attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) in Chinese: 无所作为 (wú suǒ zuò wéi)

wú suǒ zuò wéi

attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 無所作為1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive
  2. 2feckless

Stroke order

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所
作
为

Zhuyin

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ㄨˊ

wú

ㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄙㄨㄛˇ

suǒ

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨㄟˊ

wéi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

无所作为

Simplified

無所作為

Traditional

Example sentences

See 无所作为 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 年轻人不该甘于无所作为。

    nián qīng rén bù gāi gān yú wú suǒ zuò wéi。

    Young people shouldn't settle for accomplishing nothing.

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Related words

为

wèi

because of

无

wú

not to have

所

suǒ

actually

作

zuò

to do

工作

gōng zuò

to work

所以

suǒ yǐ

therefore

因为

yīn wèi

because

认为

rèn wéi

to believe

为了

wèi le

for

以为

yǐ wéi

to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

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