無用之樹

无用之树
wúyòngzhīshù
useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 無用 wúyòng
  1. useless
  2. worthless
2 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
3 樹 shù
  1. tree
  2. to cultivate
  3. to set up

classifier: 棵

Related entries

空心蘿蔔 kōngxīnluóbo useless person
廢人 fèirén
  1. handicapped person
  2. useless person
廢物 fèiwù
  1. rubbish; waste material
  2. useless person
那些一无是处的废物被炒了。

Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.

Source: Tatoeba

菜包子 càibāozi
  1. steamed bun stuffed with vegetables
  2. (fig.) useless person
  3. a good-for-nothing