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烂泥扶不上墙

làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng

6-character word Traditional 爛泥扶不上牆

What 烂泥扶不上墙 means

1. useless (idiom)
2. worthless
3. inept

The characters in 烂泥扶不上墙

• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 扶fúto support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 墙qiángwall; (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙

Example sentences

• 烂泥扶不上墙。
  You can't raise a cat to be a dog.