無功而返

See also: 无功而返

Chinese

		not have	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to return (to)
trad. (無功而返)		無	功	而	返
simp. (无功而返)		无	功	而	返

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúgōng'érfǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄦˊ ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gung¹ ji⁴ faan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúgōng'érfǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄦˊ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúgong-érfǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-kung¹-êrh²-fan³
    • Yale: wú-gūng-ér-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wugongerlfaan
    • Palladius: угунъэрфань (ugunʺerfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ gung¹ ji⁴ faan²
    • Yale: mòuh gūng yìh fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gung¹ ji⁴ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gung¹ yi⁴ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ faːn³⁵/

Idiom

無功而返

1. to return without any achievement; to go home with one's tail between one's legs