MEANING/意义
    徒劳
      
  • tú láo
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    be useless; futile effort; do fruitless labor; make futile efforts
    Type verb/动词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 徒劳的尝试
      
      
    tú láo de cháng shì
      
    sound for pinyin
    a fruitless attempt

  • 要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。
      
      
    yào xiáng zú zhǐ lì shǐ cháo liú shì tú láo de .
      
    sound for pinyin
    It is useless to try to hold back the progress of history.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 徒劳无功
      
    tú láo wú gōng
      
    sound for pinyin
    to work in vain; to make a futile effort
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