无所作为 — Chinese idiom
无所作为
wú suǒ zuò wéi
Traditional: 無所作為
Meaning
- attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing ; without any initiative or drive
- feckless
Character by character
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
- 一览无余 yī lǎn wú yú
- 不学无术 bù xué wú shù
- 了无生趣 liǎo wú shēng qù
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