徒劳无功 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 徒勞無功 túláowúgōng ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ to work to no avail (idiom) Character by character 徒(tú)surname Tu 劳(láo)surname Lao 无(wú)not to have 功(gōng)meritorious deed or service A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0