徒劳
tú láo
Pinyin

Definition

徒劳
 - 
tú láo
  1. futile

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

徒劳
tú láo
  1. 1 futile
徒弟
tú dì
  1. 1 apprentice
  2. 2 disciple
徒步
tú bù
  1. 1 to be on foot
歹徒
dǎi tú
  1. 1 evildoer
  2. 2 malefactor
  3. 3 gangster
  4. 4 hoodlum
异教徒
yì jiào tú
  1. 1 member of another religion
  2. 2 heathen
  3. 3 pagan
  4. 4 heretic
  5. 5 apostate
门徒
mén tú
  1. 1 disciple
使徒
shǐ tú
  1. 1 apostle
信徒
xìn tú
  1. 1 believer
匪徒
fěi tú
  1. 1 gangster
  2. 2 bandit
叛徒
pàn tú
  1. 1 traitor
  2. 2 turncoat
  3. 3 rebel
  4. 4 renegade
  5. 5 insurgent
司徒
Sī tú
  1. 1 minister of education (history)
  2. 2 two-character surname Situ
囚徒
qiú tú
  1. 1 prisoner
基督徒
Jī dū tú
  1. 1 Christian
学徒
xué tú
  1. 1 apprentice
安徒生
Ān tú shēng
  1. 1 Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
师徒
shī tú
  1. 1 master and disciple
徒刑
tú xíng
  1. 1 prison sentence
徒劳无功
tú láo wú gōng
  1. 1 to work to no avail (idiom)
徒手
tú shǒu
  1. 1 with bare hands
  2. 2 unarmed
  3. 3 fighting hand-to-hand
  4. 4 freehand (drawing)
徒然
tú rán
  1. 1 in vain

Idioms (14)

亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
名师出高徒
míng shī chū gāo tú
  1. 1 A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
家徒四壁
jiā tú sì bì
  1. 1 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very poor
  3. 3 wretched
徒劳无功
tú láo wú gōng
  1. 1 to work to no avail (idiom)
徒劳无益
tú láo wú yì
  1. 1 futile endeavor (idiom)
徒呼负负
tú hū fù fù
  1. 1 to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
徒拥虚名
tú yōng xū míng
  1. 1 to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
徒有其名
tú yǒu qí míng
  1. 1 with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
  2. 2 nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
徒有虚名
tú yǒu xū míng
  1. 1 with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
  2. 2 nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
徒自惊扰
tú zì jīng rǎo
  1. 1 to alarm oneself unnecessarily (idiom)
有其师，必有其徒
yǒu qí shī , bì yǒu qí tú
  1. 1 As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒
shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú
  1. 1 water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)
老大徒伤悲
lǎo dà tú shāng bēi
  1. 1 vain regrets of old age (idiom)
马齿徒增
mǎ chǐ tú zēng
  1. 1 (self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)

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