無功而返

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Chinese

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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)
simp. (无功而返)

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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無功而返

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