碌碌無為

碌碌无为
lùlùwúwéi
  1. unaccomplished
  2. mediocre
  3. feckless

CEDICT

seemingly always on the run, but actually achieving nothing; to lead a busy, but vain and humdrum life; plodding hard but accomplishing little of significance

Wiktionary

才能平庸而毫無成就。

重編國語辭典

平庸無奇，毫無作為

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 碌碌 lùlù
  1. busy with miscellaneous work
  2. mediocre; ordinary; earthly; banal
  3. rolling (of wheels, eyeballs, etc.); constantly turning
2 無為 wúwéi
  1. the Daoist doctrine of inaction
  2. let things take their own course
  3. laissez-faire

Related entries

平庸 píngyōng
  1. mediocre
  2. indifferent
  3. commonplace
庸碌 yōnglù mediocre
較差 jiàochà
  1. mediocre
  2. rather poor
  3. not specially good
中庸 zhōngyōng
  1. golden mean (Confucianism)
  2. (literary) (of person) mediocre
  3. ordinary
中路 zhōnglù
  1. midway
  2. mediocre (quality)
  3. midfield (soccer)
请问河南中路五十二弄在什么地方？

Excuse me, where is 52 south river street?

Source: Tatoeba

凡庸 fányōng
  1. ordinary
  2. mediocre
平平 píngpíng
  1. average
  2. mediocre
庸庸碌碌 yōngyōnglùlù
  1. ordinary
  2. mediocre
普普通通 pǔpǔtōngtōng
  1. ordinary
  2. mediocre
  3. nothing special
他只不過是個普普通通的中學生，不算特別聰明。

He's just a normal junior high school student, not particularly intelligent.

Source: Tatoeba

平凡 píngfán
  1. commonplace
  2. ordinary
  3. mediocre
她只是一个平凡的小女孩。

She is just an ordinary girl.

Source: Tatoeba

無所作為 wúsuǒzuòwéi
  1. attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive
  2. feckless