无 济 于 事

wújìyúshì

“To no avail” in Chinese is 无济于事 (wújìyúshì).

Meaning

idiomto no avail; of no use

Example

哭是无济于事的。

Crying is of no avail.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wúHSK 44 strokesnot to have jìHSK 39 strokesto cross a river yúHSK 23 strokesto go shìHSK 18 strokesmatter

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