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无益

wú yì

2-character word Traditional 無益

What 无益 means

1. no good
2. not good for
3. not beneficial

The characters in 无益

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 益yìbenefit; profit; advantage

Example sentences

• 没有什么东西比复仇更昂贵，更无益。
  Méiyǒu shénme dōngxi bǐ fùchóu gèng ángguì, gèng wúyì.
  There is nothing which exacts a higher price than revenge, yet is so futile.
• 没有什幺东西比复仇更昂贵，更无益。
  There is nothing which exacts a higher price than revenge, yet is so futile.

Words containing 无益

• 有害无益yǒu hài wú yìharmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
• 徒劳无益tú láo wú yìfutile endeavor (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read wú yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无意inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
• 无异nothing other than; to differ in no way from; the same as
• 无义without meaning; nonsense; immoral