"useless" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 不中用 | unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope | ||
| 没用 沒用 | useless | syn | |
| 无用 無用 | useless / worthless | syn | |
| 老朽 | decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) | syn | |
| 不中用 | unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope | ||
| 于事无补 於事無補 | unhelpful / useless | syn | |
| 肉瘤 | wart / sarcoma / superfluous / useless | syn | |
| 窳 | bad / useless / weak | ||
| 毫无用处 毫無用處 | useless | ||
| 形同虚设 形同虛設 | to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom) | syn | |
| 不当事 不當事 | useless / regard as useless | ||
| 不稂不莠 | useless / worthless / good-for-nothing | syn | |
| 寙 | bad / useless / weak | ||
| 疣赘 疣贅 | wart / superfluous / useless | ||
| 吃干饭 吃乾飯 | (coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing | ||
| 烂泥扶不上墙 爛泥扶不上牆 | useless (idiom) / worthless / inept | ||
| 没起子 沒起子 | (dialect) (of a person) useless / pathetic / spineless |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 无助 無助 | helpless / helplessness / feeling useless / no help | syn | |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish / waste material / useless person | syn | |
| 废人 廢人 | handicapped person / useless person | syn | |
| 纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC | syn | |
| 糟粕 | dross / dregs / rubbish / fig. useless residue | syn | |
| 孬种 孬種 | coward / useless scoundrel | syn | |
| 脓包 膿包 | pustule / (fig.) worthless person / a good-for-nothing / useless weakling | syn | |
| 酒囊饭袋 酒囊飯袋 | wine sack, food bag (idiom) / useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing | syn | |
| 废置 廢置 | to discard / to shelve as useless | syn | |
| 后悔莫及 後悔莫及 | too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event. | syn | |
| 虾兵蟹将 蝦兵蟹將 | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) | syn | |
| 视如土芥 視如土芥 | to regard as useless / to view as no better than weeds | ||
| 附赘悬疣 附贅懸疣 | superfluous or useless appendages / superfluities | syn | |
| 追悔莫及 | too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event. | syn | |
| 悔之无及 悔之無及 | too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event. | ||
| 措大 | worthless scholar / useless wretch | syn | |
| 无助感 無助感 | to feel helpless / feeling useless | ||
| 空心萝卜 空心蘿蔔 | useless person | ||
| 窝脓包 窩膿包 | useless weakling | ||
| 粘涎 | saliva / slobber / (colloquial) useless talk / drivel | ||
| 银样鑞枪头 銀樣鑞槍頭 | lit. pseudo-silver pewter spear-head / fig. an initially impressive person who turns out to be useless | ||
| 阿物儿 阿物兒 | thing / (you) useless thing | ||
| 菜包子 | steamed bun stuffed with vegetables / (fig.) useless person / a good-for-nothing | ||
| 中看不中用 | impressive-looking but useless | ||
| 无用之树 無用之樹 | useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊|逍遥游) | ||
| 然并卵 然並卵 | (Internet slang) ultimately useless | ||
| 中看不中用 | impressive-looking but useless |