烂泥扶不上墙

Traditional: 爛泥扶不上牆

làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng

Dictionary entry

useless (idiom)

What does 烂泥扶不上墙 mean?

烂泥扶不上墙 (làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1useless (idiom)

2worthless

3inept

Character breakdown

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烂lànsoft; mushy · well-cooked and soft 泥nímud · clay 扶fúto support with the hand · to help sb up 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]墙qiángvariant of 牆|墙[qiang2]

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