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

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