吃力不讨好

Traditional: 吃力不討好

chī lì bù tǎo hǎo

Dictionary entry

arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

What does 吃力不讨好 mean?

吃力不讨好 (chī lì bù tǎo hǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)力Lìsurname Li 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-讨tǎoto invite · to provoke 好hǎogood · appropriate; proper

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吃力不讨好

chī lì bù tǎo hǎo

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