白費蠟

Simplified: 白费蜡

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báifèilà ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄚˋ

- to waste effort for no result

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Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally: waste candle wax
Meaning: Efforts are wasted and bring no result. Shortened from the 歇后语 about a blind man lighting a lamp.

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