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贻害无穷

yí hài wú qióng

4-character word Traditional 貽害無窮

What 贻害无穷 means

1. to have disastrous consequences

The characters in 贻害无穷

• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 穷qióngpoor; destitute; to use up

Sounds the same

Read yí hài wú qióng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 遗害无穷to have disastrous consequences; also written 贻害无穷